Robust registration method for interventional MRI-guided thermal ablation of prostate cancer

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4319, Issue , 2001, Pages 53-60

  Fei, B ^a   Wheaton, A ^a   Lee, Z ^a   Nagano, K ^a   Duerk, J L ^a   Wilson, D L ^a  

^a Wickenden Building 319 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Image registration; Interventional MRI; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Minimally invasive treatment; Mutual information; Prostate cancer; Thermal ablation

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

REGISTRATION ALGORITHMS; THERMAL ABLATION;

TUMORS;

EID: 0034872794     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.428092     Document Type: Article

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