Nasopharyngeal carcinoma segmentation using a region growing technique

International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 413-422

  Chanapai, Weerayuth ^a   Bhongmakapat, Thongchai ^b   Tuntiyatorn, Lojana ^b   Ritthipravat, Panrasee ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Seeded region growing; Self organizing map; Tumor region segmentation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION TECHNIQUE; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OROPHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SKULL; SUPRAORBITAL FORAMEN; THAILAND;

EID: 84862984159     PISSN: 18616410     EISSN: 18616429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11548-011-0629-6     Document Type: Article

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