Volume assessment of the normal female cervix with MR imaging: Comparison of the segmentation technique and two geometric formulas

Academic Radiology

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 502-505

  Dumanli, Huseyin ^a   Fielding, Julia R ^a   Gering, David T ^a   Kikinis, Ron ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervix; MR imaging; Segmentation; Volumetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 0033921963     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1076-6332(00)80322-0     Document Type: Article

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