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ArticleJournal of imaging informatics in medicine2024

A Pilot Clinical and Technical Validation of an Immersive Virtual Reality Platform for 3D Anatomical Modeling and Contouring in Support of Surgical and Radiation Oncology Treatment Planning.

Jason Belec, Justin Sutherland, Matthew Volpini, Kawan Rakhra, Dal Granville, Dan La Russa, Teresa Flaxman, Eduardo Portela De Oliveira, Rafael Glikstein, Marlise P Dos Santos and 4 more

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Article in Journal of imaging informatics in medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Jason BelecDepartment of Radiology, Radiation Oncology and Medical Physics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada. jbelec@toh.ca.ORCID 0009-0006-0488-4677
Justin SutherlandDepartment of Radiology, Radiation Oncology and Medical Physics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
Matthew VolpiniDepartment of Radiology, Radiation Oncology and Medical Physics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
Kawan RakhraDepartment of Radiology, Radiation Oncology and Medical Physics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
Dal GranvilleDepartment of Radiology, Radiation Oncology and Medical Physics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
Dan La RussaDepartment of Radiology, Radiation Oncology and Medical Physics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
Teresa FlaxmanDepartment of Radiology, Radiation Oncology and Medical Physics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
Eduardo Portela De OliveiraDepartment of Radiology, Radiation Oncology and Medical Physics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
Rafael GliksteinDepartment of Radiology, Radiation Oncology and Medical Physics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
Marlise P Dos SantosDepartment of Radiology, Radiation Oncology and Medical Physics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
Joel WerierDepartment of Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
Miller MacPhersonDepartment of Radiology, Radiation Oncology and Medical Physics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
Richard I AvivDepartment of Radiology, Radiation Oncology and Medical Physics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
Vimoj NairDepartment of Radiology, Radiation Oncology and Medical Physics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this study was to validate a novel medical virtual reality (VR) platform used for medical image segmentation and contouring in radiation oncology and 3D anatomical modeling and simulation for planning medical interventions, including surgery. The first step of the validation was to verify quantitatively and qualitatively that the VR platform can produce substantially equivalent 3D anatomical models, image contours, and measurements to those generated with existing commercial platforms. To achieve this, a total of eight image sets and 18 structures were segmented using both VR and reference commercial platforms. The image sets were chosen to cover a broad range of scanner manufacturers, modalities, and voxel dimensions. The second step consisted of evaluating whether the VR platform could provide efficiency improvements for target delineation in radiation oncology planning. To assess this, the image sets for five pediatric patients with resected standard-risk medulloblastoma were used to contour target volumes in support of treatment planning of craniospinal irradiation, requiring complete inclusion of the entire cerebral-spinal volume. Structures generated in the VR and the commercial platforms were found to have a high degree of similarity, with dice similarity coefficient ranging from 0.963 to 0.985 for high-resolution images and 0.920 to 0.990 for lower resolution images. Volume, cross-sectional area, and length measurements were also found to be in agreement with reference values derived from a commercial system, with length measurements having a maximum difference of 0.22 mm, angle measurements having a maximum difference of 0.04°, and cross-sectional area measurements having a maximum difference of 0.16 mm

Indexed as

Imaging, Three-DimensionalModels, AnatomicRadiotherapy Planning, Computer-AssistedVirtual RealityChildHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMedulloblastomaPilot ProjectsRadiation Oncology3D anatomical modelingDigital image processingImage segmentationPediatric radiation oncologyRadiation oncology contouringVirtual reality

Identifiers

PMID38831190
PMCPMC11612127

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