Novel methods of analyzing radio-frequency echo signals for the purpose of imaging brachytherapy seed s used to treat prostate cancer

Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4687, Issue , 2002, Pages 127-138

  Feleppa, E J ^a   Ramachandran, S ^a   Alam, S K ^a   Kalisz, A ^a   Ketterling, J A ^a   Ennis, R D ^b   Wuu, C S ^b  

^a RIVERSIDE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Correlation analyses; Elastography; Power doppler imaging; Prostate cancer; Radiation dosimetry; Ultrasonic imaging

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DOPPLER EFFECT; DOSIMETRY; RESONANCE; TUMORS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ECHO SIGNALS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0036030230     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.462146     Document Type: Article

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