Fractal analysis of internal and peripheral textures of small peripheral bronchogenic carcinomas in thin-section computed tomography: Comparison of bronchioloalveolar cell carcinomas with nonbronchioloalveolar cell carcinomas

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 56-61

  Kido, Shoji ^a   Kuriyama, Keiko ^b   Higashiyama, Masahiko ^b   Kasugai, Tsutomu ^b   Kuroda, Chikazumi ^b  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osaka Medical Center for Cancer   (Japan)

Author keywords

Digital; Fractal; HRCT; Lung nodule

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS;

CELL CARCINOMA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGES; DIGITAL; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HRCT; HRCT IMAGES; LUNG NODULE; REGION-OF-INTEREST; REGIONS OF INTEREST; THIN-SECTIONS;

FRACTAL DIMENSION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037257368     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-200301000-00011     Document Type: Article

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