Simulating needle insertion and radioactive seed implantation for prostate brachytherapy.

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Published in Stud Health Technol Inform on January 01, 2003

Authors

Ron Alterovitz1, Jean Pouliot, Richard Taschereau, I-Chow Joe Hsu, Ken Goldberg

Author Affiliations

1: IEOR Department, UC Berkeley, USA.

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