A simple method for accurate liver volume estimation by use of curve-fitting: A pilot study

Radiological Physics and Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 180-186

  Aoyama, Masahito ^a   Nakayama, Yoshiharu ^b   Awai, Kazuo ^c   Inomata, Yukihiro ^b   Yamashita, Yasuyuki ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Curve fitting; Liver; Multi detector CT scanners; Simple estimation; Volume estimation

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; PREALBUMIN;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CURVE FITTING; FAMILIAL AMYLOID POLYNEUROPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; VOLUMETRY;

AMYLOID NEUROPATHIES, FAMILIAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; ORGAN SIZE; PILOT PROJECTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84873208430     PISSN: 18650333     EISSN: 18650341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12194-012-0186-x     Document Type: Article

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