Evaluation of PET volume segmentation methods: Comparisons with expert manual delineations

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-42

  Dewalle Vignion, Anne Sophie ^a,b,c   Yeni, Nathanaëlle ^d   Petyt, Grégory ^a   Verscheure, Leslie ^b   Huglo, Damien ^a,b,c   Béron, Amandine ^a   Adib, Salim ^a   Lion, Georges ^a   Vermandel, Maximilien ^a,b,c  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

^d ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

automatic segmentation; manual delineation; positron emission tomography; standardized uptake value

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL EXPERT; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOIMMUNOTHERAPY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ALGORITHMS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 82555187121     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0b013e32834d736f     Document Type: Article

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