Prostate brachytherapy seed localization by analysis of multiple projections: Identifying and addressing the seed overlap problem

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1277-1287

  Su, Yi ^a   Davis, Brian J ^a   Herman, Michael G ^a   Robb, Richard A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); LOCATION; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; UROLOGY;

CONNECTED COMPONENT; MULTIPLE PROJECTIONS; PROSTATE BRACHYTHERAPY; PROSTATE IMPLANTS; SEED LOCALIZATION; SIMULATION STUDIES; STATISTICAL CLASSIFIER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; DOSIMETRY; FILM; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SIMULATION;

EID: 2442652797     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1707740     Document Type: Article

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