Advanced ultrasonic imaging of the prostate for guiding biopsies and for planning and monitoring therapy

Proceedings of the IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn 2, Issue , 2000, Pages 1399-1403

  Feleppa, E J ^a   Urban, S ^a   Kalisz, A ^a   Lizzi, F L ^a   Fair, W R ^a   Porter, C R ^a  

^a RIVERSIDE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; DATA REDUCTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEURAL NETWORKS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; TUMORS;

RADIO-FREQUENCY (RF) ECHO SIGNALS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0034579347     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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