Volumetry of hepatic metastases in computed tomography using the watershed and active contour algorithms

Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 329-335

  Yim, Peter J ^a   Foran, David J ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONTOUR MEASUREMENT; DATA REDUCTION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; TUMORS; DISEASES; GEODESY; LIVER; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; SURVEYING; TITRATION; TOMOGRAPHY; VOLUME MEASUREMENT; WATERSHEDS;

COLORECTAL LIVER METASTASES (CLM);

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACTIVE CONTOURS; AREA MEASUREMENT; LESIONS; METASTASIS; REPRODUCIBILITIES;

EID: 0042090591     PISSN: 10637125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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