Semiautomatic registration of 3D transabdominal ultrasound images for patient repositioning during postprostatectomy radiotherapy - Presles, Benoît; Fargier‐Voiron, Marie; Biston, Marie‐Claude; Lynch, Rod; Munoz, Alexandre; Liebgott, Hervé; Pommier, Pascal; Rit, Simon; Sarrut, David (Journal of medical physics, 2014)
Keywords: 60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES; ALGORITHMS; Biological material, e.g. blood, urine; Haemocytometers; biomedical ultrasonics; Combined Modality Therapy; Computed tomography; Computerised tomographs; computerised tomography; Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves; Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific applications; Engineering Sciences; gradient methods; Humans; Image data processing or generation, in general; image registration; Imaging, Three-Dimensional; Male; Medical image contrast; medical image processing; Numerical optimization; optimisation; Patient Positioning - methods; Patient Positioning - statistics & numerical data; PATIENTS; PLANNING; POSITIONING; postprostatectomy; PROSTATE; Prostatectomy; Prostatic Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Prostatic Neoplasms - radiotherapy; Prostatic Neoplasms - surgery; radiation therapy; Radiation treatment; RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIOTHERAPY; Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted - methods; Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted - statistics & numerical data; Registration; Signal and Image processing; statistical analysis; Stochastic Processes; Therapeutic applications, including brachytherapy; Three dimensional image processing; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; Tissues; Treatment strategy; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; Ultrasonography - statistics & numerical data; ultrasound; Ultrasound therapy