Geometric model-based segmentation of the prostate and surrounding structures for image guided radiotherapy

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5308, Issue PART 1, 2004, Pages 168-176

  Tang, Xiaoli ^a   Jeong, Yongwon ^a   Radke, Richard J ^a   Chen, George T Y ^b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Appearance model; Conformal avoidance; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Principal component analysis; Segmentation; Shape model

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER VISION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IRRADIATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS; X RAYS;

APPEARANCE MODEL; CONFORMAL AVOIDANCE; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; SEGMENTATION; SHAPE MODEL;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 10444246538     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.526016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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