Real-time photoacoustic imaging of prostate brachytherapy seeds using a clinical ultrasound system

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Kuo, Nathanael ^a   Kang, Hyun Jae ^b   Song, Danny Y ^c   Kang, Jin U ^b   Boctor, Emad M ^d  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical ultrasound; Dynamic planning; Photoacoustic imaging; Prostate brachytherapy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOG; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOACOUSTICS; PROSTATE; PROSTATE TUMOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRY;

ANIMALS; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOGS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LASERS; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTOACOUSTIC TECHNIQUES; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84868650414     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.17.6.066005     Document Type: Article

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