Liver, spleen and tumor volume measured by personal computer

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 26, 1999, Pages 838-842

  Lin, Xi Zhang ^a,b   Chang, Tsao Ming ^a   Tsai, Hong Ming ^a   Sun, Yun Nien ^a   Sheu, Bor Shyang ^a   Jen, Chung Min ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Computer morphometry; Liver; Spleen; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; LIVER WEIGHT; MEASUREMENT; MICROCOMPUTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN WEIGHT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TUMOR VOLUME;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICROCOMPUTERS; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032903618     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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