Clinical Evaluation of a Fully-automatic Segmentation Method for Longitudinal Brain Tumor Volumetry.
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PROVIDER: S-EPMC4802217 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar
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Clinical Evaluation of a Fully-automatic Segmentation Method for Longitudinal Brain Tumor Volumetry.
Meier Raphael R Knecht Urspeter U Loosli Tina T Bauer Stefan S Slotboom Johannes J Wiest Roland R Reyes Mauricio M
Scientific reports 20160322
Information about the size of a tumor and its temporal evolution is needed for diagnosis as well as treatment of brain tumor patients. The aim of the study was to investigate the potential of a fully-automatic segmentation method, called BraTumIA, for longitudinal brain tumor volumetry by comparing the automatically estimated volumes with ground truth data acquired via manual segmentation. Longitudinal Magnetic Resonance (MR) Imaging data of 14 patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma encompas ...[more]
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