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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"tumor delineation"”.
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LS301 Fluorescence-guided Photodynamic Therapy of brain cancer using PpIX photosensitizer
<p>Incomplete brain tumor removal always causes neurologic deficit, disease recurrence and high mortality. Protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) accumulated in glioma cells with exogenous 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) serves as contrast agent for fluorescence-guided surgery and as well as acts as a …
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Stability and Robustness of Radiomic Features Due to Volumetric Uncertainty in Pancreatic Cancer
… by volume segmentation. Features such as tumor shape or texture (such as how 'smooth' or 'irregular' the tissue appears) can be extracted within the volume and used to discover patterns and correlations that could serve as prognostic markers or build predictive models. Segmentation is a …
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Thoracic Radiotherapy Treatment Planning With Cine Pet/Ct
… tomography (4D-CT) is a useful tool to image tumor motion during normal respiration. Treatment margins can be reduced by targeting the motion path of the tumor. The expense and complexity of 4D-CT, however, may be cost-prohibitive at some facilities. We developed an image processing technique …