Computerised analysis of liver texture with correlation to needle biopsy

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 197-202

  Gaitini, Diana ^a,b   Lederman, M ^a   Baruch, Y ^a   Ghersin, E ^a   Veitsman, E ^a   Kerner, H ^a   Shalem, B ^a   Yaniv, G ^a   Sarfaty, C ^a   Azhari, H ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Diffuse liver disease; Needle biopsy; Steatosis; Texture; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE MARKER; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FATTY LIVER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PARENCHYMA; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PARAMETER; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FATTY LIVER; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; LIVER; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 22044456290     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-858267     Document Type: Article

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