Computer-aided image analysis of focal hepatic lesions in ultrasonography: Preliminary results

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-191

  Kim, Se Hyung ^a   Lee, Jeong Min ^a   Kim, Kwang Gi ^b   Kim, Jong Hyo ^a   Lee, Jae Young ^a   Han, Joon Koo ^a   Choi, Byung Ihn ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Computers; Diagnostic aid; Liver; Neoplasm; US

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED IMAGE ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HEMANGIOMA; LIPID STORAGE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CYST; LIVER INJURY; LIVER METASTASIS; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CYSTS; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 64749109749     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-008-9383-9     Document Type: Article

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