An algorithm for automatic, computed-tomography-based source localization after prostate implant

Medical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1410-1415

  Li, Zuofeng ^a   Nalcacioglu, Ismail A ^b   Ranka, Sanjay ^b   Sahni, Sartaj K ^b   Palta, Jatinder R ^c   Tomé, Wolfgang ^d   Kim, Siyong ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Postimplant evaluation; Prostate neoplasms; Source localization

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; LOCATION; PIXELS; QUALITY CONTROL; UROLOGY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE; HUMAN INTERVENTION; OPERATOR INTERVENTIONS; POSTIMPLANT EVALUATION; PROSTATE NEOPLASMS; SOURCE LOCALIZATION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

IODINE 125; PALLADIUM 103;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CALCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMPLANT; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0034925634     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1382607     Document Type: Article

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