Incorporation of tumor shape into an assessment of spatial heterogeneity for human sarcomas imaged with FDG-PET

Biostatistics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 293-301

  O'Sullivan, F ^a   Roy, S ^a   O'Sullivan, J ^a   Vernon, C ^a   Eary, J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Elliptical model; Fluoro deoxyglucose; Heterogeneity; Human sarcoma; Morphology; Positron emission tomography; Spatial statistics; Surface approximation; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SARCOMA; SCINTISCANNING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SARCOMA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 22144440971     PISSN: 14654644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biostatistics/kxi010     Document Type: Article

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