Robotically assisted prostate brachytherapy with transrectal ultrasound guidance - Phantom experiments

Brachytherapy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 14-26

  Fichtinger, Gabor ^a   Burdette, Everette C ^b   Tanacs, Attila ^a   Patriciu, Alexandru ^a,c   Mazilu, Dumitru ^a   Whitcomb, Louis L ^a,c   Stoianovici, Dan ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ACOUSTIC MEDSYSTEMS INC   (United States)

^c Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Image guidance; Prostate; Robotics; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; IMAGING SYSTEM; IMPLANTATION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BRACHYTHERAPY; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; ROBOTICS;

EID: 33645102079     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2005.10.003     Document Type: Article

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