Microcomputer-based technique for 3-D reconstruction and volume measurement of computed tomographic images. Comparison of geometric and planimetry post-operative tumor volume effects on patient survival

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 377-392

  Xue, Dixi ^a,c   Albright Jr , Robert E ^b  

^a ClinTrials Research Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Confounding factors; Cox proportional hazard regression; CT; Exponential distribution; Geometric method; Kaplan Meier; MRI; Planimetry method; Weibull

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; MICROCOMPUTERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VOLUME MEASUREMENT; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

COX PROPORTIONAL HAZARD REGRESSION; POST-OPERATIVE TUMOR;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROCOMPUTERS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032729861     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-4825(99)00016-5     Document Type: Article

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