Efficient stereological approaches for the volumetry of a normal or enlarged spleen from MDCT images

European Radiology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1761-1767

  Mazonakis, Michalis ^a   Stratakis, John ^a   Damilakis, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Multidetector computed tomography; Organ size; Spleen; Splenomegaly; Volumetry

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN; SPLENOMEGALY; STANDARDS;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ORGAN SIZE; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 84939977324     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-014-3561-7     Document Type: Article

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