Three-dimensional endoluminal ultrasound: New staging technique in patients with rectal cancer

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 47-50

  Ivanov, Krassimir D ^a   Diacov, Christian D ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VARNA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Computer; Image processing; Rectal cancer; Three dimensional; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; RECTUM CANCER; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031033478     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02055681     Document Type: Article

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