Abstract:The accurate contour delineation of the target and organs at risk (OAR) is essential in treatment planning for image guided radiation therapy. In clinical applications, the contour delineation is often done manually by clinicians, which may be accurate, but time-consuming and tedious for users. Although a lot of automatic contour delineation approaches have been proposed, few of them can fulfill the necessities of applications in terms of accuracy and efficiency. In this work, a novel approach of target delineation was proposed. Target delineation of OARs was achieved by using snake model and multiscale curve editing to obtain promising results. It allows users to quickly improve contours by a simple mouse click. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method for clinical target delineations.