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The aim of this study was to investigate the feasibility of using retrospective peer-reviewed radiotherapy planning contours in the training and evaluation of DC models for lung stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Using commercial deep learning-based auto-segmentation software, DC models for lung SABR organs at risk (OAR) and gross tumor volume (GTV) were trained using a deep convolutional neural network and a median of 105 contours per structure model obtained from 160 publicly available CT scans and 50 peer-reviewed SABR planning 4D-CT scans from center A. 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DCs for structures with more variability tended to be less accurate and likely require using a larger number of training cases or novel training approaches to improve performance. 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