Applications and limitations of radiomics

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 61, Issue 13, 2016, Pages R150-R166

  Yip, Stephen S F ^a   Aerts, Hugo J W L ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

PET; quantitative imaging; radiomics

Indexed keywords

PHYSICS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES;

APPLICATION AREA; IMAGING FEATURES; PERSONALIZED MEDICINES; PREDICTIVE POWER; QUANTITATIVE IMAGING; RADIOMICS; TECHNICAL REVIEWS; TREATMENT OUTCOMES;

MEDICINE;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; NEOPLASM; PHENOTYPE; PROCEDURES;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NEOPLASMS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84976407838     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/61/13/R150     Document Type: Review

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