Estimation of the tissue composition of the tumour mass in neuroblastoma using segmented CT images

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 366-377

  Ayres, F J ^a,b,d   Zuffo, M K ^b   Rangayyan, R M ^a,b   Boag, G S ^c   Filho, V O ^b   Valente, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d SENAC Coll of Comp Sci/Technology   (Brazil)

Author keywords

CT image analysis; Gaussian mixture model; Neuroblastoma; Tissue Composition; Tumour analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; PATIENT TREATMENT; TUMORS;

MILIGNANT TUMORS; PRIMARY TUMORS;

TISSUE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEUROBLASTOMA; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGIST; TISSUE STRUCTURE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUROBLASTOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4243178233     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02344713     Document Type: Article

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