According to the company, the Atlas-based autosegmentation (ABAS) is a software application that produces an estimate of the anatomy boundary contours needed to create a radiation treatment plan. It also reduces the amount of time spent creating and editing patient contours.
Image segmentation, or contouring, is a time consuming component of the treatment planning process, and ABAS is said to help save clinicians time by providing a good starting point from which minimal editing is required.
ABAS also provides structure specific refinement algorithms for head and neck treatments, as well as prostate treatments, in addition to a general algorithm that allows it to be used with other treatment sites.