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Classic oracle selection, where atlases are chosen by the highest dice similarity coefficient (DSC) with the target, was performed. This was compared to oracle group selection, where all the combinations of atlas subgroups were considered and scored by computing DSC with the target subject. Subsequently, convolutional neural networks were designed to predict the best group of atlases. The results were also compared with the selection strategy based on normalized mutual information (NMI).<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    Oracle group was proven to be significantly better than classic oracle selection (\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009\u2009&lt;\u2009\u200910\n                    <jats:sup>\u22125<\/jats:sup>\n                    ). Atlas group selection led to a median\u2009\u2009\u00b1\u2009\u2009interquartile DSC of 0.740\u2009\u2009\u00b1\u2009\u20090.084, 0.718\u2009\u2009\u00b1\u2009\u20090.086 and 0.670\u2009\u2009\u00b1\u2009\u20090.097 for brainstem and left\/right parotid glands respectively, outperforming NMI selection 0.676\u2009\u2009\u00b1\u2009\u20090.113, 0.632\u2009\u2009\u00b1\u2009\u20090.104 and 0.606\u2009\u2009\u00b1\u2009\u20090.118 (\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009\u2009&lt;\u2009\u20090.001) as well as classic oracle selection.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>The implemented methodology is a proof of principle that selecting the atlases by considering the performance of the entire group of atlases instead of each single atlas leads to higher segmentation accuracy, being even better then current oracle strategy. This finding opens a new discussion about the most appropriate atlas selection criterion for MABS.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1088\/1361-6560\/aac712","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,5,22]],"date-time":"2018-05-22T12:00:16Z","timestamp":1526990416000},"page":"12NT01","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1088\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":19,"title":["Multi atlas based segmentation: should we prefer the best atlas group over the group of best atlases?"],"prefix":"10.1088","volume":"63","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0219-0157","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Paolo","family":"Zaffino","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6691-0208","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Delia","family":"Ciardo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Patrik","family":"Raudaschl","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Karl","family":"Fritscher","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Rosalinda","family":"Ricotti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Daniela","family":"Alterio","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Giulia","family":"Marvaso","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Cristiana","family":"Fodor","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Guido","family":"Baroni","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Francesco","family":"Amato","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Roberto","family":"Orecchia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Barbara Alicja","family":"Jereczek-Fossa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Gregory C","family":"Sharp","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Maria Francesca","family":"Spadea","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"266","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,6,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"pmbaac712bib001","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"726","DOI":"10.1016\/j.neuroimage.2009.02.018","type":"journal-article","article-title":"Multi-atlas based segmentation of brain images: atlas selection and its effect on accuracy","volume":"46","author":"Aljabar","year":"2009","journal-title":"Neuroimage"},{"key":"pmbaac712bib002","article-title":"Theano: a Python framework for fast computation of mathematical expressions","author":"Al-Rfou","year":"2016","type":"preprint"},{"key":"pmbaac712bib003","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"68","DOI":"10.1016\/j.radonc.2011.08.043","type":"journal-article","article-title":"Performance of an atlas-based autosegmentation software for delineation of target volumes for radiotherapy of breast and anorectal cancer","volume":"102","author":"Anders","year":"2012","journal-title":"Radiother. 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