CT, MR, and ultrasound image artifacts from prostate brachytherapy seed implants: The impact of seed size

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 2061-2068

  Robertson, Andrew K H ^a   Basran, Parminder S ^a,b   Thomas, Steven D ^b   Wells, Derek ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

artifacts; brachytherapy; CT; MRI; seed size; US

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; PHANTOMS; RADIOTHERAPY; STATISTICS; ULTRASONICS; URANIUM;

ARTIFACTS; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL IMPLANTATION; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; PROSTATE BRACHYTHERAPY; SEED SIZE; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

SUS;

EID: 84861600471     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3694669     Document Type: Article

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