Automatic segmentation of prostate boundaries in transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) imaging

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4684 I, Issue , 2002, Pages 412-423

  Liu, Haisong ^a   Cheng, Gang ^a   Rubens, Dehbro ^a   Strang, John ^a   Liao, Lydia ^a   Brasacchio, Ralph ^a   Messing, Edward ^a   Yu, Yan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Image processing; Prostate boundary; Segmentation; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; INTERPOLATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

PROSTATE BOUNDARIES;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 0036034813     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.467183     Document Type: Article

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