Imaging of implant needles for real-time HDR-brachytherapy prostate treatment using biplane ultrasound transducers

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3406-3412

  Siebert, Frank Andr ^a   Hirt, Markus ^a   Niehoff, Peter ^a   Kovcs, György ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; HDR; Prostate; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

IMAGE SEGMENTATION; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; ULTRASONIC EQUIPMENT; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS; UROLOGY; WATER TANKS;

ABSOLUTE MEASUREMENTS; BRACHYTHERAPY; FIXED COORDINATE SYSTEMS; INTRA-OBSERVER ERRORS; PROSTATE; PROSTATE BRACHYTHERAPY; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCERS;

NEEDLES;

ACCURACY; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; ECHOGRAPHY; NEEDLE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; TROCAR; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 68149099887     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3157107     Document Type: Article

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