Joint Segmentation and CT Synthesis for MRI-only Radiotherapy Treatment Planning

Accurate knowledge of organ location and tissue attenuation properties are the two essential components to perform radiotherapy treatment planning (RTP). Computed tomography (CT) has been the modality of choice for RTP as it easily provides electron density information. However, its low soft tissue contrast limits the accuracy of organ delineation. On the contrary, magnetic resonance (MR) provides images with excellent soft tissue contrast but its use for RTP is limited by the fact that it does not readily provide tissue attenuation information.

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