Localization of linked 125I seeds in postimplant TRUS images for prostate brachytherapy dosimetry

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 912-919

  Xue, Jinyu ^a,c   Waterman, Frank ^a   Handler, Jay ^b   Gressen, Eric ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Frankford Hospital   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Intraoperative dosimetry; Linked seeds; Prostate cancer; TRUS

Indexed keywords

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; ULTRASONICS;

HIGH-RESOLUTION PROBE; SPACERS; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASOUND (TRUS);

DOSIMETRY;

IODINE 125; RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PROSTATE TUMOR;

BRACHYTHERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 20344394639     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.02.041     Document Type: Article

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