Interactive Contouring Atlas for Radiation Oncology

项目总结/摘要 放射治疗在许多癌症的管理中起着重要作用。提供安全和 有效的辐射需要多种成分，尽管辐射靶点（肿瘤）的识别， 要避开的区域（正常组织）代表了该过程中的关键步骤。目标描绘的准确性- 通常称为轮廓-需要对解剖学，放射学和大多数 重要的是患者个体。研究清楚地表明，轮廓不良会导致毒性增加， 存活率降低，这强调了轮廓质量的后果。 本拟议项目旨在创建一个用户友好的基于网络的放射轮廓成像资源 肿瘤学我们提出的工具将需要一个可搜索的个体患者病例库，每个病例都将 包括3D成像和限定肿瘤和正常组织轮廓。此外，我们将专注于 描述轮廓描绘背后的原理的每个单独病例的内容。我们将广泛地 在更大的放射肿瘤学社区中部署并评估该轮廓工具的有效性。 该项目将开发一种教育资源，其总体目标是提高 放射肿瘤学，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.