Characterization of ultrasound elevation beamwidth artifacts for prostate brachytherapy needle insertion

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 246-256

  Peikari, Mohammad ^a   Chen, Thomas Kuriran ^a   Lasso, Anras ^a   Heffter, Tamas ^a   Fichtinger, Gabor ^a   Burdette, Everette C ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Acoustic MedSystems   (United States)

Author keywords

brachytherapy; localization error; main lobe; side lobe; ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; UROLOGY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; LOCALIZATION ERRORS; MAIN LOBES; SIDE LOBES; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

NEEDLES;

EID: 84855429667     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3669488     Document Type: Article

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