Discontinuous region growing scheme for preliminary detection of tumor in MRCP images

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 317-324

  Logeswaran, Rajasvaran ^a   Eswaran, Chikkannan ^a  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bile ducts; Liver disease; Preliminary diagnosis; Region growing; Tumor detection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT TUMOR; BILIARY TRACT TUMOR; BODY POSITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GALLBLADDER TUMOR; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STANDARDIZATION; TECHNOLOGY; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ALGORITHMS; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, MAGNETIC RESONANCE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; HUMANS;

EID: 33747613997     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-006-9020-5     Document Type: Article

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