Tomosynthesis-based localization of radioactive seeds in prostate brachytherapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3135-3142

  Tutar, Ismail B ^a   Managuli, Ravi ^a   Shamdasani, Vijay ^a   Cho, Paul S ^b   Pathak, Sayan D ^a,c   Kim, Yongmin ^d  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

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

^c Insightful Corporation   (United States)

^d University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Intraoperative dosimetry; Prostate brachytherapy; Seed localization; Tomosynthesis

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

INTRAOPERATIVE DOSIMETRY; MANUAL INTERVENTION; PROSTATE BRACHYTHERAPY; RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHMS; SEED LOCALIZATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL VOLUME; TOMOSYNTHESIS; X-RAY PROJECTION IMAGES;

UROLOGY;

RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; IMAGE PROCESSING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY CONTROL; SIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; X RAY;

EID: 0347625748     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1624755     Document Type: Article

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