Staging of upper limb lymphedema from routine lymphoscintigraphic examinations

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-7

  Gebouský, Petr ^a   Kárný, Miroslav ^a   Křížová, Hana ^b   Wald, Martin ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION THEORY AND AUTOMATION   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MOTOL   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bayesian evaluation; Probabilistic mixtures; Quantitative lymphoscintigraphy; Secondary lymphedema of upper limbs; Staging

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN EVALUATION; PROBABILISTIC MIXTURES; QUANTITATIVE LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; SECONDARY LYMPHEDEMA OF UPPER LIMBS; STAGING;

DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; DYNAMICS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSPECTION; MIXTURES; PROBABILITY;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

ALBUMIN TC 99M; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARM EDEMA; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BREAST CANCER; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; STAGING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; BAYES THEOREM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 58249124366     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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