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Research on Change Factors for Accurate Autocontouring of Organs when RTPs

Journal of Magnetics, Volume 28, Number 4, 31 Dec 2023, Pages 432-437
Jeong-Ho Kim (Sunlin University), Man-Seok Han * (Kangwon National University), Min-Cheol Jeon * (Daejeon Health Institute of Technology), Se-Jong Yoo (Konyang University)
Abstract
When planning treatment using Radiation Treatment Planning system (RTPs), errors in the contouring process,
which is the pre-planning stage, reduce the accuracy of the treatment. Therefore, we wanted to evaluate
the error rate of RTPs, Window Width (WW), Window Level (WL), Hounsfield Unit (HU) values at the set
point, and the error rate by organ, which are the causes of errors in the contouring process. The results showed
that the error rate of WW, WL and HU of certain areas decreased over time. There were no significant changes
in the other variables. Therefore, when performing auto-contouring for each organ, appropriate WW, WL and
HU values should be set and additional manual contouring should be performed to ensure the accuracy of the
treatment plan.
Keywords: electro-magnetic radiation treatment planning; electro-magnetic radiation therapy; auto-contouring
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4283/JMAG.2023.28.4.432
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