Feasibility of fully automated detection of fiducial markers implanted into the prostate using electronic portal imaging: A comparison of methods

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1263-1270

  Harris, Emma J ^a   McNair, Helen A ^b   Evans, Phillip M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automatic detection; Electronic portal imaging; Fiducial marker; Motion; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; MEDICAL IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY;

AUTOMATIC DETECTION; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING; FIDUCIAL MARKER;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

ARTICLE; ATTENUATION ANALYSIS; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS CORRELATION METHOD; ELECTRONICS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MARKER EXTRACTION KERNEL METHOD; MEXICAN HAT FILTER METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; TECHNIQUE;

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33750360782     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.07.1363     Document Type: Article

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