Elastic phantoms generated by microfluidics technology: Validation of an imaged-based approach for accurate measurement of the growth rate of lung nodules

Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 195-203

  El Baz, Ayman ^a   Sethu, Palaniappan ^a   Gimel'farb, Georgy ^b   Khalifa, Fahmi ^a   Elnakib, Ahmed ^a   Falk, Robert ^c   El Ghar, Mohamed Abo ^d  

^a University of Louisville ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Elastic phantoms; Growth rate; Lung cancer; Microfluidics; Validation

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; APPEARANCE MODELS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROL GROUPS; DATA REGISTRATION; ELASTIC PHANTOMS; GROUND TRUTH; IN-VIVO; LOCAL ALIGNMENT; LOW DOSE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; LUNG PHANTOM; MICROFLUIDICS TECHNOLOGY; NEW APPROACHES; NON-RIGID; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; RELATIVE DEFORMATION; TRANSPARENT POLYMER; VALIDATION;

ALGORITHMS; ALIGNMENT; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; GROWTH RATE; MICROFLUIDICS; MONITORING; SILICONES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CHEST LOW DOSE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG NODULE; MICROFLUIDICS; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MICROFLUIDICS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 79551628217     PISSN: 18606768     EISSN: 18607314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biot.201000105     Document Type: Article

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