N. Kaspari, Inst. for Meas. Technol. & Electron., Magdeburg Univ., Germany
G. Gademann, Inst. for Meas. Technol. & Electron., Magdeburg Univ., Germany
B. Michaelis, Inst. for Meas. Technol. & Electron., Magdeburg Univ., Germany
A neural network is designed and tested for prediction of the planning target volume in radiotherapy from the shape of the detected tumor. The proposed neural network is able to generalize a doctor's knowledge and to predict the planning target volume from a 3-dimensional image of the detected tumor. The first results are presented.
Index Terms:
planning (artificial intelligence); artificial neural network; planning target volume prediction; radiotherapy; tumor shape; generalized doctor knowledge; 3D image
Citation:
N. Kaspari, G. Gademann, B. Michaelis, "Using an artificial neural network to define the planning target volume in radiotherapy," cbms, pp.132, 10th IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS'97), 1997