Abstract
Prostate segmentation from trans-rectal transverse B-mode ultrasound images is required for radiation treatment of prostate cancer. Manual segmentation is a time-consuming task, the results of which are dependent on image quality and physicians' experience. This paper introduces a semi-automatic 3D method based on super-ellipsoidal shapes. It produces a 3D segmentation in less than 15 seconds using a warped, tapered ellipsoid fit to the prostate. A study of patient images shows good performance and repeatability. This method is currently in clinical use at the Vancouver Cancer Center where it has become the standard segmentation procedure for low dose-rate brachytherapy treatment. © 2009 Springer-Verlag.
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Mahdavi, S. S., Morris, W. J., Spadinger, I., Chng, N., Goksel, O., & Salcudean, S. E. (2009). 3D prostate segmentation in ultrasound images based on tapered and deformed ellipsoids. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) (Vol. 5762 LNCS, pp. 960–967). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04271-3_116
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