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Image preprocessing of 3DUS to generate its binary image volume (patient 8). (a) rasterized 3DUS image; (b) 3DUS after Gaussian smoothing and thresholding; (c) corresponding binary image; and (d) binary image after erosion, selection of largest connected region in 3D, and dilation.
