Tumour volume determination from MR images by morphological segmentation

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2437-2446

  Gibbs, P ^a   Buckley, D L ^b   Blackband, S J ^b   Horsman, A ^b  

^a Royal Hull Hospitals Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0029909342     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/41/11/014     Document Type: Article

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