Volumetric analysis of liver metastases in computed tomography with the fuzzy C-means algorithm

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 212-220

  Yim, Peter J ^a   Vora, Amit V ^a   Raghavan, Deepak ^a   Prasad, Ravi ^a   McAullife, Matthew ^b   Ohman Strickland, Pamela ^c   Nosher, John L ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Fuzzy C means algorithm; Metastases; Volumetry

Indexed keywords

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; COPYING; DISEASES; FUZZY CLUSTERING; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; TUMORS;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGES; CONTOURING; FUZZY C MEANS METHOD; FUZZY C-MEAN ALGORITHM; INTEROBSERVER VARIABILITY; LIVER METASTASIS; MANUAL METHODS; METASTASIS; VOLUMETRY;

VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER METASTASIS; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 33646695691     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-200603000-00008     Document Type: Article

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