ESTRO 2024 - Abstract Book

S3073

Physics - Autosegmentation

ESTRO 2024

Figure 2: DSC between auto and clinician contours by clinician. Bar heights indicate average value and error-bars indicate standard deviation.

Conclusion:

Cardiac Avoidance Area autocontour quality was assessed in the clinical setting by comparing original autocontours to final, clinician-edited contours. Acceptable performance was found, which was similar to, or exceeded, the metrics from (pre-clinical) commissioning of the autocontouring software. No time trends were seen in contour quality metrics since clinical implementation. Variation in the amount of contour editing was seen between different clinicians, which indicates a need for more guidance on how and when to edit the autocontours.

Keywords: heart substructures, autosegmentation, lung

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