Urinary stone size estimation: A new segmentation algorithm-based CT method

European Radiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 731-737

  Lidén, Mats ^a   Andersson, Torbjörn ^a   Broxvall, Mathias ^b   Thunberg, Per ^a   Geijer, Hakan ^b  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Computer assisted image interpretation; Computer assisted image processing; Kidney stone; Ureteral calculi; X ray computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION OPTIMIZATION; URETER STONE; UROLITHIASIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY CALCULI; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 84861461077     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-011-2309-x     Document Type: Article

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