Comparative MR image analysis for thyroid nodule detection and quantification

Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 861-868

  Alkan, Ahmet ^a   Tuncer, Seda Arslan ^b   Gunay, Mucahid ^a  

^a KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

AER; CC; OE; RBAC; SSRG; Thyroid nodule; ZSI

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

AER; CC; OE; RBAC; SSRG; THYROID NODULE; ZSI;

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EID: 84886493621     PISSN: 02632241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.measurement.2013.10.009     Document Type: Article

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