Interactive Contouring Atlas for Radiation Oncology

项目摘要/摘要 放射治疗在许多癌症的治疗中扮演着重要的角色。安全和安全的交付 有效的辐射需要多个成分，尽管识别辐射目标(肿瘤)，以及 要避免的区域(正常组织)是这一过程中的关键一步。精确度和目标描述- 通常称为轮廓绘制-需要对解剖学、放射学和大多数 重要的是，患者的个体。研究清楚地表明，糟糕的轮廓会导致毒性增加，而且 存活率降低，强调轮廓质量的后果。 这个拟议的项目旨在创建一个用户友好的基于Web的图像资源，用于绘制辐射中的轮廓 肿瘤学。我们建议的工具将需要一个可搜索的个人患者病例库，每个库都将 包括3D成像和定义肿瘤和正常组织的轮廓。此外，我们将创建专注于 每个案例的内容描述了等高线划定背后的基本原理。我们将进行广泛的试点 在更大的放射肿瘤学社区中部署和评估这一轮廓工具的有效性。 该项目将开发一个教育资源，总体目标是提高等高线的质量 放射肿瘤学，这最终将提高放射治疗的质量和安全性。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Radiation therapy plays an important role in the management of many cancers. The delivery of safe and effective radiation requires multiple components, though the identification of the radiation target (tumor), and areas to avoid (normal tissues) represents a critical step in this process. Accuracy with target delineation – commonly referred to as contouring – requires sound understanding of anatomy, radiology, and most importantly the individual patient. Research clearly shows that poor contouring leads to increased toxicity, and decreased survival, which emphasizes the consequence of contouring quality. This proposed project aims to create a user-friendly web-based imaging resource for contouring in radiation oncology. Our proposed tool will entail a searchable library of individual patient cases, each of which will include 3D imaging and contours defining tumor and normal tissues. Additionally, we will create focused content for each individual case describing the rationale behind contour delineation. We will pilot, widely deploy, and evaluate the efficacy of this contouring tool among the greater radiation oncology community. This project will develop an educational resource with the overall goal of improving the quality of contouring in radiation oncology, which ultimately stands to improve quality and safety of radiation therapy.