Lesion segmentation in wholebody images of PET

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 2873-2876

  Demirkaya, O ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MARKOV PROCESSES; SCANNING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TUMORS; VISUALIZATION;

PET IMAGES; SEGMENT LEISONS; SUV VALUES; TUMOR RESPONSE;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 11844301302     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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