Use and uncertainties of mutual information for computed tomography/magnetic resonance (CT/MR) registration post permanent implant of the prostate

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 473-482

  Roberson, Peter L ^a,c   McLaughlin, P William ^a,b   Narayana, Vrinda ^a,b   Troyer, Sara ^a   Hixson, George V ^b   Kessler, Marc L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Providence Cancer Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; MR; Mutual information; Prostate brachytherapy; Registration

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STATISTICS; TISSUE; UROLOGY;

LEAST SQUARES METHODS; MUTUAL INFORMATIONS; NORMAL TISSUE VOLUMES; PROPAGATION OF ERROR; PROSTATE BRACHYTHERAPY; REGISTRATION; SEED IDENTIFICATIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOSIMETRY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMPLANT; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIC GIRDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; REGISTRATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 14644418420     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1851920     Document Type: Article

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