Automated seed localization for intra-operative prostate brachytherapy based on 3D line segment patterns

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5744, Issue I, 2005, Pages 417-424

  Ding, Mingyue ^a,b   Wei, Zhouping ^a   Downey, Donal B ^c   Fenster, Aaron ^a  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

3D ultrasound; Brachytherapy; Line segment detection; Seed segmentation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DRUG THERAPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; TUMORS; ULTRASONICS;

BRACHYTHERAPY; LINE SEGMENT DETECTION; SEED SEGMENTATION; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASOUND (TRUS);

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 23244435716     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.594812     Document Type: Conference Paper

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