Fluoroscopy to ultrasound image registration using implanted seeds as fiducials during permanent prostate brachytherapy

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5367, Issue , 2004, Pages 371-378

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

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Dose analysis; Image registration

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; DOSIMETRY; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); ONCOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; ULTRASONICS;

BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE ANALYSIS; FLUOROSCOPIC IMAGES; IMAGE REGISTRATION;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 5644223246     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.535383     Document Type: Conference Paper

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