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Table 4 DSC and volume comparison for body and bone structures. Mean absolute error and mean error in HU (mean ± 1 SD)

From: Validation of an MRI-only planning workflow for definitive pelvic radiotherapy

 

sCT versus MRI

sCT versus CT

DSC

Vol. difference (%)

MAE (HU)

ME (HU)

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

Body

0.97 ± 0.0

0.98 ± 0.0

− 2.1 ± 2.0

− 1.4 ± 1.8

59.1 ± 7.2

53.3 ± 8.9

− 18.8 ± 11.0

− 16.7 ± 14.3

Bone

0.91 ± 0.2

0.96 ± 0.0

− 3.1 ± 2.9

− 4.1 ± 2.1

166.7 ± 19.8

171.2 ± 26.6

− 118.5 ± 33.6

− 129.1 ± 34.1

  1. CT computed tomography, sCT synthetic CT, MRI magnetic resonance imaging, DSC dice similarity co-efficient, MAE mean absolute error, ME mean error, HU hounsfield unit