Three-dimensional segmentation of the tumor in computed tomographic images of neuroblastoma

Journal of Digital Imaging

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 72-87

  Deglint, Hanford J ^a   Rangayyan, Rangaraj M ^a,c   Ayres, Fábio J ^a   Boag, Graham S ^b   Zuffo, Marcelo K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

3D image segmentation; Computed tomography; Fuzzy connectivity; Neuroblastoma; Tumor segmentation

Indexed keywords

FUZZY CONNECTIVITY; NEUROBLASTOMA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; TUMOR SEGMENTATION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FUZZY LOGIC; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NEUROLOGY; SURGERY; TUMORS;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROBLASTOMA; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

EID: 34147138905     PISSN: 08971889     EISSN: 1618727X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/10278-006-0769-3     Document Type: Article

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