CorpusCallosum

Category: Brain
Description: Corpus Callosum of the brain

Model: Eye_Ventricle

MR

Model Information

Metrics

Average Volume (cc)

9.78
Average

Dice Coefficient

0.46
Average
0.55 (Median)

95th Percentile Hausdorff Distance (mm)

9.72
Average
7.92 (Median)

Median Distance to Conformity (mm)

12.59
Average
9.05 (Median)

Undercontouring MDC (mm)

5.15
Average
5.01 (Median)

Overcontouring MDC (mm)

7.44
Average
4.81 (Median)

Delineation Information

Guidelines

Taken from Eekers DBP, Di Perri D, Roelofs E, Postma A, Dijkstra J, Ajithkumar T, et al. Update of the EPTN atlas for CT- and MR-based contouring in Neuro-Oncology. Radiother Oncol 2021;160:259–65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2021.05.013.

Method

Manual. The corpus callosum is a large bundle of white fibres connecting the two hemispheres. Radiation-induced injuries in this region were recently shown to be associated with attention and processing speed decline. Co-registration with T1-weighted MRI is recommended for delineation. The corpus callosum is best identified on the sagittal plane where it appears as a C-shaped structure. It is approximately 10 cm long and 5–10 mm thick.

Structure Boundaries

Cranial Boundary

Superiorly, it is bordered by the interhemispheric fissure / falx cerebri, and by the cingulum.

Caudal Boundary

Inferiorly, it is bounded by the septum pellucidum and fornix (medially), and by the lateral ventricles (laterally).

Lateral Boundary

The lateral borders were artificially set at the lateral border of the lateral ventricles.

Ventral Boundary

Anteriorly, the corpus callosum curves in front of the septum pellucidum and connects with the lamina terminalis.

Dorsal Boundary

Posteriorly, it ends superior to the ampulla of Galen.