Automated Measurement of Structures on CT and MR Imagery: A Validation Study
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A novel method for the automated three-dimensional extraction and measurement of soft tissue lesions in CT imagery is presented. Extraction is carried out using a hybrid algorithm that incorporates elements from both competitive region growth and deformable template techniques. This algorithm is tested against manual tracing and shown to provide significantly improved performance using three performance metrics: speed, precision, and accuracy.
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تاریخ انتشار 2001