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Abstract #2643

Accurate Prostate Volume Determination from T2-W MRI using Statistical Shape Models

Robert James Toth1, B. Nicholas Bloch2, Elizabeth M. Genega3, Neil M. Rofsky3, Robert E. Lenkinski3, Mark A. Rosen4, Anant Madabhushi1

1Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, United States; 2Boston Medical Center, Bostom, MA, United States; 3Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States; 4Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States


We present a method for using an advanced Active Shape Model based segmentation scheme to determine prostate volume on T2-weighted MR imagery. Our method was compared to the clinically standard ellipsoid technique and showed volume estimates more consistent with the ground truth volumes over 34 studies.

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