Validation of Automatic Target Volume Definition as Demonstrated for 11C-Choline PET/CT of Human Prostate Cancer Using Multi-modality Fusion Techniques

Academic Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 614-623

  Park, Hyunjin ^a,b   Meyer, Charles R ^b   Wood, David ^b   Khan, Asra ^b   Shah, Rajal ^b   Hussain, Hero ^b   Siddiqui, Javed ^b   Seo, Jongbum ^c   Chenevert, Thomas ^b   Piert, Morand ^b  

^a Gachon University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Yonsei University Wonju   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Automatic target volume definition; histology; image registration; MRI; multi modality image fusion; PET; prostate cancer; thresholding

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE C 11;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EX VIVO STUDY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IN VIVO STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; TUMOR VOLUME;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CHOLINE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77950338172     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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