Automatic detection of fiducial markers in fluoroscopy images for on-line calibration

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1521-1523

  Smith, Laurence ^a   Pleasance, Mike ^a   Seeton, Rosalyn ^a   Archip, Neculai ^a,b   Rohling, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

C arm fluoroscopy; Calibration; Fiducial markers

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; ROBOTIC ARMS;

ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES; AUTOMATIC DETECTION; DETECTION ALGORITHM; FIDUCIAL MARKER; FLUOROSCOPY IMAGES; GEOMETRICAL MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; ON-LINE CALIBRATION;

FLUORESCENT SCREENS;

ALGORITHM; AUTOANALYSIS; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; FLUOROSCOPY; GEOMETRY; IMAGE DISPLAY; ONLINE MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 21144454376     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1914547     Document Type: Conference Paper

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