Quantitative three-dimensional transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) for prostate imaging

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3335, Issue , 1998, Pages 83-92

  Pathak, Sayan D ^a   Aarnink, R G ^a   De la Rosette, J J M C H ^a   Chalana, Vikram ^a   Wijkstra, H ^a   Haynor, D R ^a   Debruyne, F M J ^a   Kim, Y ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Image segmentation; Prostate boundary detection; Prostate volume measurements; SNAKES

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

PROSTATE IMAGING;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0032401607     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.312551     Document Type: Conference Paper

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