A phantom assessment of achievable contouring concordance across multiple treatment planning systems
journal contribution
posted on 2024-11-15, 05:39 authored by Elise Pogson, Jarrad Begg, Michael JamesonMichael Jameson, Claire Dempsey, Drew Latty, Vikneswary Batumalai, Andrew Lim, Kankean Kandasamy, Peter MetcalfePeter Metcalfe, Lois HollowayLois HollowayIn this paper, the highest level of inter- and intra-observer conformity achievable with different treatment planning systems (TPSs), contouring tools, shapes, and sites have been established for metrics including the Dice similarity coefficient (DICE) and Hausdorff Distance. High conformity values, e.g. DICEBreast_Shape = 0.99 ± 0.01, were achieved. Decreasing image resolution decreased contouring conformity.