Shape-constraint region growing for delineation of hepatic metastases on contrast-enhanced computed tomograph scans

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 753-762

  Zhao, Binsheng ^a   Schwartz, Lawrence H ^a   Jiang, Li ^a   Colville, Jane ^a   Moskowitz, Chaya ^a   Wang, Liang ^a   Leftowitz, Robert ^a   Liu, Fan ^a   Kalaigian, John ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); Liver metastases; Region growing; Size measurement

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MEASUREMENT; ONCOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 33748744043     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rli.0000236907.81400.18     Document Type: Article

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