Projection-based needle segmentation in 3D ultrasound images

Computer Aided Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 193-201

  Ding, Mingyue ^a,b   Fenster, Aaron ^a  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

3D ultrasound; Needle tracking; Projection; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BIOPSY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TURKEY (BIRD);

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; NEEDLES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 23644443670     PISSN: 10929088     EISSN: 10970150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10929080500079321     Document Type: Conference Paper

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