Application of MRI segmentation in tumor radiotherapy / 中华放射肿瘤学杂志

ABSTRACT

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a technology with no radiation and high resolution of soft tissues. Therefore, MRI-guided radiotherapy has become a hot spot in the field of radiotherapy. It is of great importance to accurately delineate the targets in radiation oncology. Currently, the delineation of targets is mostly completed by manual segmentation, which is time-consuming, subjective and inconsistent. Automatic segmentation can improve the efficiency and consistency without sacrificing the accuracy of segmentation. In this article, the automatic segmentation methods of MRI applied in radiotherapy were reviewed. The goals, challenges and methods of automatic segmentation for different radiotherapy sites including prostate, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, brain tumors and other organs were analyzed and discussed.