EM-navigated catheter placement for gynecologic brachytherapy: An accuracy study

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 9036, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Mehrtash, Alireza ^a   Damato, Antonio ^a   Pernelle, Guillaume ^a   Barber, Lauren ^a   Farhat, Nabgha ^a   Viswanathan, Akila ^a   Cormack, Robert ^a   Kapur, Tina ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

catheter placement; electromagnetic tracking; gynecologic brachytherapy; image guided therapy; radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

APPLICATORS; BIOPSY; CATHETERS; ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT TRACKING; LAPTOP COMPUTERS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; NEEDLES; ONCOLOGY; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; ROBOTICS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; TRACKING (POSITION);

CATHETER PLACEMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC TRACKING; GYNECOLOGIC BRACHYTHERAPY; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; GYNECOLOGIC MALIGNANCIES; HIGH-DOSE-RATE BRACHYTHERAPY; IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY; INTRACAVITARY APPLICATOR;

RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 84902211489     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2044381     Document Type: Conference Paper

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