Assessment of the optimum section thickness for the estimation of liver volume using magnetic resonance images: A stereological gold standard study

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 96-101

  Sahin, Bunyamin ^a   Ergur, Hayati ^b  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Akademi Diagnosis Center   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cavalieri principle; Liver; Magnetic resonance; Section thickness; Volume estimation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DIAGNOSIS; PATHOLOGY; STANDARDS;

CAVALIERI PRINCIPAL; SECTION THICKNESS; VOLUME ESTIMATION;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ARTICLE; CADAVER; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; LIVER WEIGHT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; THICKNESS;

CADAVER; HUMANS; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 30444434056     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2005.07.006     Document Type: Article

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