Evaluation of segmentation algorithms for generation of patient models in radiofrequency hyperthermia

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3295-3307

  Wust, P ^a   Gellermann, J ^a   Beier, J ^a   Wegner, S ^b   Tilly, W ^a   Troger J ^a   Stalling, D ^c   Oswald, H ^b   Hege, H C ^c   Deuflhard, P ^c   Felix, R ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

^c ZUSE INSTITUTE BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EXPERT SYSTEM; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE SLICE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; BIOPHYSICS; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NEOPLASMS; RADIO WAVES; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031773246     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/11/009     Document Type: Article

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