Characterisation of radiotherapy planning volumes using textural analysis

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1303-1308

  Nailon, William H ^a   Redpath, Anthony T ^a   Mclaren, Duncan B ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR BURDEN; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 51049091883     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860802256467     Document Type: Review

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