Ultrasound image segmentation and tissue characterization

JA Noble - Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Ultrasound image segmentation deals with delineating the boundaries of structures, as a
step towards semi-automated or fully automated measurement of dimensions or for …

Role of transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS) in focal therapy of prostate cancer: report from a Consensus Panel

M Smeenge, J Barentsz, D Cosgrove… - BJU …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Focal therapy techniques are
emerging in prostate cancer treatment. However, several key questions about patient …

Ultrasound in inflammatory and obstructive salivary gland diseases: own experiences and a review of the literature

M Koch, M Sievert, H Iro, K Mantsopoulos… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: Ultrasound is established as a diagnostic tool in salivary glands for obstructive
diseases such as sialolithiasis and tumors. Concerning inflammatory diseases and in non …

Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging of human prostates: initial in vivo demonstration

L Zhai, TJ Polascik, WC Foo, S Rosenzweig… - Ultrasound in medicine …, 2012 - Elsevier
Reliably detecting prostate cancer (PCa) has been a challenge for current imaging
modalities. Acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) imaging is an elasticity imaging method …

Technologies for localization and diagnosis of prostate cancer

S Candefjord, K Ramser, OA Lindahl - Journal of Medical …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
The gold standard for detecting prostate cancer (PCa), systematic biopsy, lacks sensitivity as
well as grading accuracy. PSA screening leads to over-treatment of many men, and it is …

Evolution of precise and multimodal MRI and TRUS in detection and management of early prostate cancer

O Ukimura - Expert Review of Medical Devices, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
The combination of T2-weighted MRI with functional MRI, including contrast-enhanced MRI,
diffusion-weighted imaging and magnetic resonance spectroscopy, has been recognized as …

Improved parameter extraction and classification for dynamic contrast enhanced MRI of prostate

NF Haq, P Kozlowski, EC Jones… - Medical Imaging …, 2014 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), particularly dynamic contrast enhanced (DCE) imaging,
has shown great potential in prostate cancer diagnosis and prognosis. The time course of …

A machine learning framework for temporal enhanced ultrasound guided prostate cancer diagnostics

S Azizi - 2018 - open.library.ubc.ca
The ultimate diagnosis of prostate cancer involves histopathology analysis of tissue samples
obtained through prostate biopsy, guided by either transrectal ultrasound (TRUS), or fusion …

Detection and grading of prostate cancer in temporal enhanced ultrasound using convolutional neural networks

S Ghavidel - 2016 - search.proquest.com
Prostate cancer is the most common non-dermatological cancer amongst men in the
developed world. The current definitive diagnosis is core needle biopsy guided by …

Towards enabling ultrasound guidance in cervical cancer high-dose-rate brachytherapy

A Wong, S Sojoudia, M Gaudet… - Medical Imaging …, 2014 - spiedigitallibrary.org
MRI and Computed Tomography (CT) are used in image-based solutions for guiding High
Dose Rate (HDR) brachytherapy treatment of cervical cancer. MRI is costly and CT exposes …