@inproceedings{78dd8a670aae44b28c13648f7e07d0ae,
title = "MRI-based prostate brachytherapy seed localization",
abstract = "A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) pulse sequence and a corresponding image processing algorithm to localize prostate brachytherapy seeds during or after therapy are presented. Inversion- Recovery with ON-resonant water suppression (IRON) is an MRI methodology that generates positive contrast in regions of magnetic field susceptibility, as created by prostate brachytherapy seeds. Phantoms comprising of several materials found in brachytherapy seeds were created to assess the usability of the IRON pulse sequence for imaging seeds. Resulting images show that seed materials are clearly visible with high contrast using IRON, agreeing with theoretical predictions. A seed localization algorithm to process IRON images demonstrates the potential of this imaging technique for seed localization and dosimetry.",
keywords = "Blob detection, Magnetic resonance imaging, Positive contrast, Prostate brachytherapy, Seed localization",
author = "Nathanael Kuo and Junghoon Lee and Clare Tempany and Matthias Stuber and Jerry Prince",
year = "2010",
doi = "10.1109/ISBI.2010.5490259",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9781424441266",
series = "2010 7th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, ISBI 2010 - Proceedings",
pages = "1397--1400",
booktitle = "2010 7th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging",
note = "7th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, ISBI 2010 ; Conference date: 14-04-2010 Through 17-04-2010",
}