Segmentation of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) lesions in MR images

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 608-620

  Lee, Francis K H ^a   Yeung, David K W ^a   King, Ann D ^a   Leung, S F ^a   Ahuja, Anil ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Image segmentation; Magnetic resonance (MR); Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC)

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; OPTIMIZATION; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOTHERAPY; TISSUE; TUMORS;

CARCINOMA; LESIONS; NASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA (NPC);

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ALGORITHMS; BAYES THEOREM; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 12844278926     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.09.024     Document Type: Article

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