Assessing Splenomegaly. Automated Volumetric Analysis of the Spleen

Academic Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 675-684

  Linguraru, Marius George ^a,b   Sandberg, Jesse K ^b   Jones, Elizabeth C ^b   Summers, Ronald M ^b  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Segmentation; Spleen; Splenomegaly; Volume analysis; Volumetric threshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLENOMEGALY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN; SPLENOMEGALY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877604066     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: 18784046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2013.01.011     Document Type: Article

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