An algorithm for automatic needle localization in ultrasound-guided breast biopsies

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1971-1979

  Draper, Katharine J ^a   Blake, Christopher C ^a   Gowman, Linda ^a   Downey, Donal B ^b   Fenster, Aaron ^a,b  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast biopsy; Image guided biopsy; Segmentation; Ultrasound guided biopsy

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC GUIDED VEHICLES; BIOPSY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; NEEDLES; ULTRASONICS;

BREAST BIOPSIES; IMAGE-GUIDED; INTRA-OBSERVER VARIABILITY; OPERATOR DEPENDENCE; PHYSICAL MEASUREMENT; ULTRASOUND GUIDED; ULTRASOUND IMAGES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

AGAR;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; ECHOGRAPHY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033857493     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1287437     Document Type: Article

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