Interpretation of pre- versus postimplant TRUS images

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 920-924

  Smith, Stephen ^a   Wallner, Kent ^a,b,c   Merrick, Gregory ^c   Butler, Wayne ^d   Sutlief, Steven ^a,b   Grimm, Peter ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^d WHEELING HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Seattle Prostate Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TREATMENT; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

EDGE INFORMATION; IMAGING MODALITY; INTEROBSERVER VARIABILITY; INTRA-OPERATIVE; NUMBER OF SOURCES; STANDARD DEVIATION; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS; VOLUME DETERMINATION;

UROLOGY;

PALLADIUM 103; THERASEED;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMPLANTATION; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE DISEASE; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0038751988     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1568980     Document Type: Article

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