Evaluation of selected two-dimensional segmentation techniques for computed tomography quantitation of lymph nodes

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 138-145

  Rogowska, Jadwiga ^a   Batchelder, Keith ^a   Gazelle, G Scott ^a   Halpern, Elkan F ^a   Connor, William ^b   Wolf, Gerald L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Hayden Image Processing Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Image segmentation; lymphography; quantitative computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; LYMPH NODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RABBIT; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 0029881172     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004424-199603000-00004     Document Type: Article

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