Real-time B-mode ultrasound image simulation and artifacts modelling of needles and brachytherapy seeds

The training of ultrasound guided interventional procedures could benefit from ultrasound simulators that synthesize realistic-looking B-mode images of tissue and interventional tools, such as the needle. For a prostate brachytherapy simulator in particular, both the needle and seed images need t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zhu, Mengchen
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/12611