Reflections on the current status of commercial automated segmentation systems in clinical practice

Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 131-134

  Sykes, Jonathan ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84910135170     PISSN: 20513895     EISSN: 20513909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmrs.65     Document Type: Editorial

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