Modified prostate volume algorithm improves transrectal US volume estimation in men presenting for prostate brachytherapy

Radiology

Volumn 250, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 273-280

  MacMahon, Peter J ^a   Kennedy, Ann Marie ^b   Murphy, Darra T ^a   Maher, Michael ^b   McNicholas, Michelle M ^a  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b MATER PRIVATE HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIOLOGIST; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTATE TUMOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TUMOR VOLUME;

ALGORITHMS; BRACHYTHERAPY; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 58149340455     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2501080290     Document Type: Article

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