Study of Lymphatic Drainage by SPECT-CT Fusion Images for Pelvic Irradiation of Prostate Cancer

Medical image fusion: A survey of the state of the art

“…There are several application areas where CT images are considered the prime modality. some of these major applications are the following: (1) head and neck cancer diagnosis [219,192,220,221,222,199], (2) cancer treatment [51,223], (3) image segmentation and integration [51,216], (4) lung cancer treatment [224,225,182,226,227,228,229,230,231,232], (5) prostate cancer treatment [148,233,234,150,235,151,154,155,156,236,237,157,158,238,159,239,160,216,128,240,164,241,165,167,168,242,133], (6) 3D conformal radiation therapy…”

“…Prostate is another organ that has been studied using multi-modal medical images. There exists a range of techniques and studies on prostrate based image fusion, that often face the challenge deformation of prostrate in multi-modal imaging setups [271,148,149,174,264,278,234,279,282,150,151,152,311,155,312,156,236,237,215,159,239,160,313,162,163,241,165,168,169,171]. The medical image analysis techniques on prostate include localization of the prostate for 3D conformal radiation therapy [148], prostate localization in the post-planning setting [314] evaluation of prostate gland motion and volume changes [315], evaluation of prostate seed brachytherapy [234], thermal ablation of the prostate cancer [152,153], histology study of prostate tissue [279], post implant dosimetric analysis of prostate brachytherapy [157,161], prostate brachytherapy [237,157,161], and biomechanical modeling of prost...…”

“…The medical image analysis techniques on prostate include localization of the prostate for 3D conformal radiation therapy [148], prostate localization in the post-planning setting [314] evaluation of prostate gland motion and volume changes [315], evaluation of prostate seed brachytherapy [234], thermal ablation of the prostate cancer [152,153], histology study of prostate tissue [279], post implant dosimetric analysis of prostate brachytherapy [157,161], prostate brachytherapy [237,157,161], and biomechanical modeling of prostate motion [316]. The imaging modalities that deal with prostate include ultrasound [271,149,264,278,234,279,237,162,241,316], X-rays [271], CT [148,174,264,234,150,154,239,155,156,236,237,157,160,313,161,241,165,168], MRI [148,…”

“…MRI [187,196] and CT [187,196,321] are the modalities that are used for bone marrow imaging. On pelvis, image fusion methods are used for gynecological cancer diagnosis [190,322] and analysis of conformal pelvic irradiation [236]. Ovarian cancer diagnosis uses fuzzy rule base classifier fusion [60].…”

“…Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) scan is useful nuclear imaging method that is widely used to study the blood flow to tissues and organs. The application areas include brain diagnosis and treatment [47,135,48,137,141], head and neck cancer diagnosis [219,203], lung cancer treatment [224], liver diagnosis [99], tumor detection [244], fusion of multi-modality images [124,26,53,239,216,218], multi-dimensional visualization [124], visualization and pattern recognition [188], fMRI guided treatment [152,153], prostate cancer treatment [153,236,238,239,216], gynecological cancer diagnosis [190], image registration [53], pelvis irradiation treatment [236,238], colorectal cancer treatment and chemotherapy [250], breast cancer assessment [217], vulvar cancer treatment [205], bone cancer diagnosis [255], and biopsy [257].…”