Pubic arch detection in transrectal ultrasound guided prostate cancer therapy

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 762-771

  Pathak, Sayan D ^a   Grimm, Peter D ^a   Chalana, Vikram ^a   Kim, Yongmin ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Image segmentation; Prostate brachytherapy; Prostate cancer; Recursive model fitting; Sticks; Transrectal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PROSTATE TUMOR; PUBIC BONE;

BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PUBIC BONE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

DISEASES; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PATIENT TREATMENT; ULTRASONICS;

PROSTATE CANCER; PUBIC ARCH DETECTION; RECURSIVE MODEL FITTING; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASOUND;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0032173369     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.736032     Document Type: Article

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