Development of a cost-effective system for digital off-line analysis of transrectal ultrasound

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 487-494

  Weidenhagen, R ^a   Strauss, T ^a   Gruetzner, K U ^a   Spelsberg, F W ^a   Steitz, H O ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cost effective; Digital; Documentation; Transrectal; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LYMPH NODE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VIDEORECORDING;

CD-ROM; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; SOFTWARE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 32944482734     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-005-0352-x     Document Type: Article

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