Table 3.
Summary of the study characteristics by the anatomical region in the thorax.
| Publication | Year | Image modality | Patients/plans | Cancer Site | Delineation type | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men et al22 | 2018 | CT | 800 | Breast | CTV | DSC = Right-sided breast cancer (0.91); left-sided breast cancer (0.91) |
| Bi et al23 | 2019 | CT | 250 | Lung | CTV | DSC = 0.75 |
| Fechter et al24 | 2017 | CT | 50 | Thorax | Oesophagus | Mean DSC = 0.76 |
| Yang et al25 | 2018 | CT | 60 | Thorax | OARs | DSC = 0.72 (oesophagus) to 0.97 (left lung) |
| Liu et al26 | 2021 | CT | 110 | Breast | CTV | DSC = 0.90 |
| Primakov et al27 | 2022 | CT | 1328 | Lung | GTV | DSC = 0.82 |
Abbreviations: CTV = clinical target volume; DSC: Dice similarity coefficient; GTV = total tumour volume; OARs = organ at risks.