Segmentation, separation and pose estimation of prostate brachytherapy seeds in CT images

HG Nguyen, C Fouard, J Troccaz - IEEE Transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Goal: In this paper, we address the development of an automatic approach for the
computation of pose information (position+ orientation) of prostate brachytherapy loose …

REDMAPS: reduced-dimensionality matching for prostate brachytherapy seed reconstruction

J Lee, C Labat, AK Jain, DY Song… - IEEE transactions on …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The success of prostate brachytherapy critically depends on delivering adequate dose to the
prostate gland. Intraoperative localization of the implanted seeds provides potential for dose …

[PDF][PDF] A hybrid simulated annealing linear programming approach for treatment planning in HDR brachytherapy with dose volume constraints

J Beliën, J Colpaert, L De Boeck… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - researchgate.net
This paper presents a hybrid approach for developing radiation plans for high dose rate
brachytherapy in cancer treatment. In order to take care of the computationally hard dose …

Seed localization in ultrasound and registration to C-arm fluoroscopy using matched needle tracks for prostate brachytherapy

M Moradi, SS Mahdavi, E Dehghan… - IEEE transactions on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose a novel fiducial-free approach for the registration of C-arm fluoroscopy to 3-D
ultrasound images of prostate brachytherapy implants to enable dosimetry. The approach …

Intraoperative 3D reconstruction of prostate brachytherapy implants with automatic pose correction

J Lee, N Kuo, A Deguet, E Dehghan… - Physics in Medicine …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
The success of prostate brachytherapy critically depends on delivering adequate dose to the
prostate gland, and the capability of intraoperatively localizing implanted seeds provides …

Intra-operative 3D guidance and edema detection in prostate brachytherapy using a non-isocentric C-arm

A Jain, A Deguet, I Iordachita, G Chintalapani… - Medical image …, 2012 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: Brachytherapy (radioactive seed insertion) has emerged as one of the most
effective treatment options for patients with prostate cancer, with the added benefit of a …

Prostate brachytherapy seed reconstruction with Gaussian blurring and optimal coverage cost

J Lee, X Liu, AK Jain, DY Song… - IEEE transactions on …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Intraoperative dosimetry in prostate brachytherapy requires localization of the implanted
radioactive seeds. A tomosynthesis-based seed reconstruction method is proposed. A three …

Tomosynthesis-based radioactive seed localization in prostate brachytherapy using modified distance map images

J Lee, X Liu, AK Jain, JL Prince… - 2008 5th IEEE …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We have developed a tomosynthesis-based radioactive seed localization method for
prostate brachytherapy. In contrast to the projection image-based matching approach, our …

Prostate brachytherapy seed localization with gaussian blurring and camera self-calibration

J Lee, X Liu, JL Prince, G Fichtinger - International Conference on Medical …, 2008 - Springer
A tomosynthesis-based prostate brachytherapy seed localization method is described.
Gaussian-blurred images are computed from a limited number of X-ray images, and a 3-D …

Reduced-dimensionality matching for 3-D reconstruction of prostate brachytherapy implants from incomplete data

J Lee, C Labat, AK Jain, G Fichtinger… - … on Biomedical Imaging …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
X-ray fluoroscopy is widely used for intra-operative dosimetry in prostate brachytherapy.
Three-dimensional locations of the implanted radioactive seeds can be calculated from …