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    • Medical Imaging
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Radiotherapy

    Background:

    • Accurate segmentation of pelvic organs (prostate, bladder, rectum) is critical for effective prostate cancer radiotherapy.
    • Challenges include low soft tissue contrast in CT images and significant organ shape/appearance variations.
    • Existing methods struggle with precise delineation of these organs.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop an accurate and robust deep learning-based method for segmenting pelvic organs from CT images.
    • To address the challenges of low contrast and anatomical variability in CT scans.
    • To improve the precision of organ segmentation for radiotherapy planning.

    Main Methods:

    • A two-stage deep learning approach utilizing a fully convolutional network (FCN).
    • Stage 1: Coarse segmentation network for robust organ detection and region proposal generation.
    • Stage 2: Multi-task FCN incorporating a novel 'distinctive curve' representation for fine segmentation, combined with weighted max-voting for final results.

    Main Results:

    • The proposed method achieved accurate and robust segmentation of prostate, bladder, and rectum.
    • Demonstrated superior performance compared to state-of-the-art segmentation techniques.
    • Validated on a large and diverse pelvic CT dataset.

    Conclusions:

    • The novel distinctive curve guided FCN method effectively overcomes challenges in pelvic organ segmentation from CT images.
    • This approach offers a significant advancement for precise organ delineation in prostate cancer radiotherapy.
    • The method shows high accuracy and robustness, outperforming existing techniques.