Determining a clinical target volume
Abstract:
Disclosed is a medical image data processing method for determining a clinical target volume for a medical treatment, wherein the method comprises executing, on at least one processor (3) of at least one computer (2), steps of: a) acquiring (S1) first image data describing at least one image of an anatomical structure of a patient; b) acquiring (S2) second image data describing an indicator for a preferred spreading direction or probability distribution of at least one target cell; c) determining (S3) registration data describing a registration of the first image data to the second image data by performing a co-registration between the first image data and the second image data using a registration algorithm; d) determining (S4) gross target region data describing a target region in the at least one image of the anatomical structure based on the first image data; e) determining (S5) margin region data describing a margin around the target region based on the gross target region data; f) determining (S6) clinical target volume data describing a volume in the anatomical structure for the medical treatment based on the registration data, the gross target region data and the margin region data.
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