The Usefulness of Fractal Geometry for the Diagnosis of Small Peripheral Lung Tumors

Nippon Acta Radiologica

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 148-151

  Mihara, Naoki ^a   Kuriyama, Keiko ^b   Kido, Shoji ^b   Kuroda, Chikazumi ^b   Johkoh, Tsuyoshi ^a   Naito, Hiroaki ^a   Nakamura, Hironobu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fractal dimension; High resolution CT; Lung; Neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; VASCULARIZATION;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FRACTALS; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032016896     PISSN: 00480428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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