A simple technique for alignment of perineal needle template to ultrasound image grid for permanent prostate implants

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 141-143

  Mutic, Sasa ^a   Low, Daniel A ^a   Nussbaum, Gilbert H ^a   Williamson, Jeffrey F ^a   Haefner, Delena ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Tayman Medical   (United States)

Author keywords

Phantoms; Prostate implants; Quality assurance; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; NEEDLES; PHANTOMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; ULTRASONICS; UROLOGY;

PRE-TREATMENT; PROSTATE IMPLANTS; SEED IMPLANTS; SOFTWARE GRIDS; ULTRASOUND IMAGES; WATER PHANTOM;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; EDEMA; IMPLANT; PHANTOM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE SURGERY; QUALITY CONTROL; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0033976874     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598876     Document Type: Article

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