Optimizing prostate needle biopsy through 3-D simulation

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3335, Issue , 1998, Pages 488-497

  Zeng, Jianchao ^a   Kaplan, Charles ^a   Xuan, Jianhua ^a   Sesterhenn, Isabell A ^a   Lynch, John H ^a   Freedman, Matthew T ^a   Mun, Seong K ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D interface; 3 D Probability map; Automatic vs. interactive prostate needle biopsy; Cancer distribution; Computer visualization and simulation; Statistical optimization of biopsy protocol; Tumor volume vs. positive needle core volume

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NEEDLES; OPTIMIZATION; TUMORS;

COMPUTER VISUALIZATION;

BIOPSY;

EID: 0032403912     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.312525     Document Type: Conference Paper

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