Pixel distribution analysis: Can it be used to distinguish clear cell carcinomas from angiomyolipomas with minimal fat?

Radiology

Volumn 247, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 738-746

  Catalano, Onofrio A ^a,b   Samir, Anthony E ^a   Sahani, Dushyant V ^a   Hahn, Peter F ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b AO G Rummo ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY CELL; MALE; MICROSCOPE IMAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROC CURVE; SPINAL CORD TRANSVERSE LESION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; TUMOR BIOPSY; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALGORITHM; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; KIDNEY TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 45149110503     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2473070785     Document Type: Article

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