title: The necessity of urologic ultrasound images processing.
abstract: The purpose of the paper is to present a software system for the handling and management of urologic ultrasound images. In particular, the system was used to detect men's prostate in ultrasound images and than to obtain a 3D model for the detected object and to calculate its volume. The software system can be used in hospitals which do not have either CAT scanners or NMR/MRI equipment (the majority of Romanian hospitals). It provides these hospitals with a tool enabling a more accurate diagnosis, which in turn improves the efficiency of the hospital, saves money, and has a profound psychological benefit on the well-being of the patient.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Computer, County Hospital Timisoara, Romania.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Crivianu-Gaita
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gaspar
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Muntean
authors.forename: F L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Miclea
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Holban
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008297:Male; D011467:Prostate / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012016:Reference Values; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012984:Software; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000295:instrumentation*