A method for size estimation for small objects and its application in brachytherapy seed identification

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5370 III, Issue , 2004, Pages 1679-1684

  Su, Yi ^a   Davis, Brian J ^a   Robb, Richard A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Segmentation; Size estimation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); DIAGNOSIS; DOSIMETRY; ERROR CORRECTION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PATIENT TREATMENT;

BINARY MASKS; BRACHYTHERAPY; SIZE ESTIMATION;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 5644290753     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.535426     Document Type: Conference Paper

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