Animal study of renal volume measurement on abdominal CT using digital image processing: Preliminary report

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 135-137

  Kim, Jong Chul ^a  

^a Chungnam National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Kidney CT; Kidney experimental studies; Kidney image processing

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; IMAGE PROCESSING; SURGERY; WATER;

ACTUAL RENAL VOLUMES; KIDNEY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BATCH PROCESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; IMAGING SYSTEM; KIDNEY SLICE; NOISE REDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; URINE VOLUME; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KIDNEY; SWINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 1642421895     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-7071(03)00115-3     Document Type: Article

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