Detection of brachytherapy seeds using 3-D transrectal ultrasound

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 57, Issue 10 PART 1, 2010, Pages 2467-2477

  Wen, Xu ^a   Salcudean, Septimiu E ^a   Lawrence, Peter D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy seeds; Dosimetry; Prostate brachytherapy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

3-D ULTRASOUND; B-MODE IMAGES; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY SEEDS; ENTRY POINT; LOCAL SEARCH SPACES; LOW QUALITIES; NEEDLE INSERTION; NEW SOLUTIONS; PRIORI KNOWLEDGE; PROSTATE BRACHYTHERAPY; REFLECTED POWER; RF SIGNAL; SEED LOCALIZATION; SMALL SIZE; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASOUND; TREATMENT PLANS; TRUS IMAGES; ULTRASOUND;

DOSIMETRY; HOUGH TRANSFORMS; NEEDLES; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; SEED; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONICS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; PROSTATE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 77956910490     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2010.2053926     Document Type: Article

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