Automated Prostate Volume Determination with Ultrasonographic Imaging

The Journal of Urology

Volumn 153, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 1549-1554

  Aarnink, Rene G ^a   Huynen, Anton L ^a   Giesen, Robert J B ^a   de la Rosette, Jean J M C H ^a   Debruyne, Frans M J ^a   Wijkstra, Hessel ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATE SURGERY;

AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; PROSTATE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0028906137     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)67459-7     Document Type: Article

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