Microcomputer-based technique for 3-d reconstruction and volume measurement of computed tomographic images part 1: Phantom studies

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 1988, Pages 881-885

  Albright, Robert E ^a   Fram, Evan K ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Planimetry; Three dimensional reconstruction; Tumor volume

Indexed keywords

BRAIN TUMOR; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; METHODOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

HUMAN; MICROCOMPUTERS; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0024270983     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004424-198812000-00001     Document Type: Article

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