A. Venyo, Tessa Hanley, Michael Barrett, Ali A Khan
{"title":"Ante-grade ureteric stenting, retrospective experience in managing 89 patients: Indications, complications and outcome","authors":"A. Venyo, Tessa Hanley, Michael Barrett, Ali A Khan","doi":"10.5430/JBGC.V4N3P47","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5430/JBGC.V4N3P47","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Over the past three decades there has been a remarkable increase in interventional uro-radiological procedures in the developed countries. Long-term drainage of the obstructed upper urinary tract may be achieved by percutaneous nephrostomy or ureteric stenting. Previously most ureteric stents were inserted by the retrograde approach at cystoscopy and these procedures have required the use of general or spinal anesthesia. With the development of a nephrostomy service in most hospitals throughout the world ante-grade ureteric stenting procedures are being carried out by trained interventional radiologists in the radiology department without the need for a general or spinal anesthesia. Aims/materials and methods : To review the records of all 89 patients who had insertion of ante-grade ureteric stents for ureteric obstruction between February 2010 and January 2013 in order to document the following: The causes of obstruction; The side (left, right or both sides) and site of the ureteric obstruction (upper, mid or lower ureter); The sex and ages of the patients; Success or failure of the procedure; Complications of procedure; The management of the complications. Results : Ante-grade ureteric stenting was successful in 105 out of 121 procedures (86.7%) which 89 patients underwent. Out of 105 successful ante-grade stenting procedures carried out, 103 were successful at first attempt, another two were successful at second attempt and one successful at a third attempt, making it a total of 105 successful procedures. There were minimal complications. Conclusion and recommendation: Ante-grade ureteric stenting is a safe procedure with minimal complications. Every radiology unit should have a trained interventional radiologist capable of performing ante-grade ureteric stenting.","PeriodicalId":89580,"journal":{"name":"Journal of biomedical graphics and computing","volume":"4 1","pages":"47"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.5430/JBGC.V4N3P47","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71214925","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Y. Nomura, M. Nemoto, Y. Masutani, S. Hanaoka, T. Yoshikawa, S. Miki, E. Maeda, N. Hayashi, N. Yoshioka, K. Ohtomo
{"title":"Reduction of false positives at vessel bifurcations in computerized detection of lung nodules","authors":"Y. Nomura, M. Nemoto, Y. Masutani, S. Hanaoka, T. Yoshikawa, S. Miki, E. Maeda, N. Hayashi, N. Yoshioka, K. Ohtomo","doi":"10.5430/JBGC.V4N3P36","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5430/JBGC.V4N3P36","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: We describe a new false positive (FP) reduction method based on surface features in our computerized detection system for lung nodules and evaluate the method using clinical chest computed tomography (CT) scans. Methods: In our detection method, nodule candidates are extracted using volumetric curvature-based thresholding and region growing. For various sizes of nodules, we adopt multiscale integration based on Hessian eigenvalues. For each nodule candidate, two surface features are calculated to differentiate nodules and FPs at vessel bifurcations. These features are fed into a quadratic classifier based on the Mahalanobis distance ratio. Results: In an experimental study involving 16 chest CT scans, the average number of FPs was reduced from 107.5 to 14.1 per case at 90% sensitivity. Conclusions: This proposed FP reduction method is effective in removing FPs at vessel bifurcations.","PeriodicalId":89580,"journal":{"name":"Journal of biomedical graphics and computing","volume":"4 1","pages":"36"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.5430/JBGC.V4N3P36","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71214883","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Kaur, P. Tiwari, Pankaj Dugg, Jasmine Ghuman, Pankaj Shivhare, R. Mehmi
{"title":"Computed tomographic evaluation of mediastinal masses/lesions with contrast enhancement and correlation with pathological diagnosis - a study of 120 cases","authors":"H. Kaur, P. Tiwari, Pankaj Dugg, Jasmine Ghuman, Pankaj Shivhare, R. Mehmi","doi":"10.5430/JBGC.V4N3P28","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5430/JBGC.V4N3P28","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: The study was conducted to diagnose the mediastinal lesions/masses by computed tomographic on contrast enhanced scans and findings were compared with pathological diagnosis wherever possible. Methods: Contrast Enhanced Computed Tomography (CECT) of chest done in supine position in inspiration with 60 to 120 ml of 300 mg/ml of nonionic iodinated contrast and images were viewed in lung window (level 700 HU; width 1,500 HU), mediastinal window (level 30 HU-50 HU; width 350 HU-500 HU) and bone window (level 2,400 HU; width 200 HU). Results: The most common compartment to be involved was anterior mediastinum (38.3%) followed by posterior (16.7%), middle (13.3%) and superior mediastinum (11.7%) in that order. Predominant lesions were benign. The commonest lesion was tubercular lymphadenopathy (15%). Thymic masses and metastatic lymph node (26% each) were the most common mediastinal lesions in the anterior mediastinal compartment. Neural tumors (50%), esophageal carcinoma (37.5%) and thyroid masses (85.7%) were the common lesions in posterior, middle and superior mediastinal compartments respectively. Ascending aortic aneurysm was the predominant vascular lesion in our study (6.7%). Out of total 120 cases, 102 cases were histologically verified, six cases with hiatal hernia were confirmed with endoscopy while in 12 cases of vascular origin, and definitive diagnosis was established with Computed tomography (CT) scan alone. Conclusions: CT scan can distinguish specific tissue densities and its ability to display mediastinum in axial plane makes it a useful technique in the evaluation of a mediastinal mass.","PeriodicalId":89580,"journal":{"name":"Journal of biomedical graphics and computing","volume":"4 1","pages":"28"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.5430/JBGC.V4N3P28","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71215252","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Functional brain imaging and its application to uncover mechanisms driving food intake in humans","authors":"C. Lafortuna, S. Tabozzi, R. Giovanna","doi":"10.5430/JBGC.V4N3P10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5430/JBGC.V4N3P10","url":null,"abstract":"The control of food intake involves complex and powerful neural mechanisms whose functioning has critical repercussions for alimentary behaviours and the regulation of energy balance. Recent research also from cognitive neurosciences indicates that homeostatic (repletion-driven) and hedonic (reward-driven) systems in the brain concur in achieving an integrated regulation of human alimentary activity. Modern societal changes, related to unrestricted availability of energy-dense palatable foods at low costs and widespread presence of compelling alimentary cues, are considered to contribute to a food consumption driven mainly by hedonic properties rather than energy requirements, and result among the causes of worldwide obesity epidemics. Functional neuroimaging permits the exploration of the human brain systems involved under the different conditions of alimentary relevance, through the quantitative evaluation of regional blood flow, metabolic activation of defined cerebral networks or molecular bioavailability of brain receptors specifically traced. Such a framework of different imaging techniques appears uniquely suited to investigate the functional integration of the neural processes which underpin the interplay between homeostatic drive for feeding and the conscious experience of pleasure and reward concurring to the control of food intake. Therefore, these techniques provide an invaluable tool in gaining a detailed comprehension of physiology underlying alimentary behaviours and their derangements, and in detecting new strategies against obesity which interact also on brain mechanisms involved in the control of food intake and energy balance. In the present short review, basic principles of the most used functional neuroimaging techniques will be examined and the commonest acquisition protocols and processing methods will be briefly presented, along with a short overview of the brain systems involved in food intake regulation and a concise report of the main findings obtained with these techniques.","PeriodicalId":89580,"journal":{"name":"Journal of biomedical graphics and computing","volume":"4 1","pages":"10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.5430/JBGC.V4N3P10","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71215179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of iterative reconstructions in low dose computed tomography","authors":"T. Buxi, A. Yadav, K. Rawat, S. Ghuman","doi":"10.5430/JBGC.V4N3P1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5430/JBGC.V4N3P1","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: To assess the patient radiation dose profiles in routine body image acquisitions when using iterative reconstruction (IR) methods and compare them with filtered back projection technique. Material and methods: Iterative dose profiles of 986 patients – Thorax (317), Abdomen/Pelvis (540), Thorax/Abdomen/Pelvis (129) in routine clinical practice have been evaluated and effective patient dose estimated from dose length product (DLP) Values. Within the evaluated samples, distribution of CT Dose Index (CTDI) and DLP values were calculated. Results: In Thorax, average DLP delivered was 286.30 mGy.cm which corresponded to an effective patient dose of 4.008 mSv. In Abdomen/Pelvis group, average value of DLP was 495.5 mGy, estimated dose was 7.43 mSv. In trunk study group average DLP was 570.21 mGy which corresponded to an effective dose of 8.55 mSv. Conclusion: Substantial dose reduction is achieved with iterative techniques. In 986 patients scans evaluated, average dose reduction of 33.2% in Thorax, 32.455% in Abdomen/Pelvis and 49.706% in trunk examinations were estimated.","PeriodicalId":89580,"journal":{"name":"Journal of biomedical graphics and computing","volume":"4 1","pages":"1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.5430/JBGC.V4N3P1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71215328","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Integrating Google Glass into simulation-based training: experiences and future directions","authors":"Teresa S. Wu, C. Dameff, J. Tully","doi":"10.5430/JBGC.V4N2P49","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5430/JBGC.V4N2P49","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Education experts are starting to explore the potential uses of wearable technology and augmented reality in simulation-based training. In this article, we summarize our experiences with using Google Glass in simulation-based training and discuss potential future directions with this advanced technology. Methods: Emergency medicine residents and medical students participated in a pilot study where each team captain was asked to wear Google Glass during 15 separate simulation-based training sessions. Video obtained from Google Glass was analyzed and utilized during debriefing sessions for the residents and medical students. Results: We were able to successfully integrate Google Glass into simulation-based training and debriefing. During the analysis of each recording, observations were noted about the events that transpired and this data was used to provide instructional feedback to the residents and medical students for self-reflection and appraisal. Post-exercise surveys were conducted after each simulation session and all participants noted that Google Glass did not interfere with their simulation experience. Google Glass enabled the observers to analyze the team captain’s primary visual focus during the entire simulation scenario and feedback was provided based on the data recorded. Conclusions: Wearable technologies such as Google Glass can be successfully integrated into simulation-based training exercises without disrupting the learners’ experience. Data obtained from this integration can be utilized to improve debriefing sessions and self-reflection. Future research is underway and required to evaluate other potential uses for wearable technology in simulation-based training.","PeriodicalId":89580,"journal":{"name":"Journal of biomedical graphics and computing","volume":"4 1","pages":"49"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.5430/JBGC.V4N2P49","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71215309","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Recoules-Arche, Omar Husseini, F. Salami, T. Somon
{"title":"Configuration of the posterior lumbar muscles regarding the study of the lumbosacral malformations","authors":"D. Recoules-Arche, Omar Husseini, F. Salami, T. Somon","doi":"10.5430/JBGC.V4N2P43","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5430/JBGC.V4N2P43","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: A correlation between the shape of the three posterior lumbar muscles (Multifidus, Longissimus pars lumborum and Iliocostalis pars lumborum) and the vertebrae levels has been studied with regards to lumbosacral malformations and the extraforaminal approach (ELIF). Material and method: During a spine unit consultation, a series of 90 lumbar spines have been studied with X-ray and CT axial horizontal cross sections thanks to a special software. At every level, the ratio between the surface of the Multifidus and the global surface of the 3 posterior lumbar muscles was calculated. Among the 90 studied lumbar spines, 59 presented a normal bony frame while 31 were supposed to have a lumbosacral malformation. Results: For L5S1, L4L5, L3L4, L2L3 the normal ratio are respectively 95%, 51%, 34% and 18%. Any changes in these patterns may call forth a sacralization with two different forms, depending on the number (four or five) of the so-called “lumbar vertebrae”. Conclusion: The muscle patterns lead the clinician to study the lumbosacral malformation, and the surgeon to undergo the extraforaminal intermuscular discal surgery. Purpose: A correlation between the shape of the three posterior lumbar muscles (Multifidus, Longissimus pars lumborum and Iliocostalis pars lumborum) and the vertebrae levels has been studied with regards to lumbosacral malformations and the extraforaminal approach (ELIF). Material and method: During a spine unit consultation, a series of 90 lumbar spines have been studied with X-ray and CT axial horizontal cross sections thanks to a special software. At every level, the ratio between the surface of the Multifidus and the global surface of the 3 posterior lumbar muscles was calculated. Among the 90 studied lumbar spines, 59 presented a normal bony frame while 31 were supposed to have a lumbosacral malformation. Results: For L5S1, L4L5, L3L4, L2L3 the normal ratio are respectively 95%, 51%, 34% and 18%. Any changes in these patterns may call forth a sacralization with two different forms, depending on the number (four or five) of the so-called “lumbar vertebrae”. Conclusion: The muscle patterns lead the clinician to study the lumbosacral malformation, and the surgeon to undergo the extraforaminal intermuscular discal surgery.","PeriodicalId":89580,"journal":{"name":"Journal of biomedical graphics and computing","volume":"4 1","pages":"43"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.5430/JBGC.V4N2P43","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71215115","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Automated detection of lung cancer using statistical and morphological image processing techniques","authors":"A. Al-Fahoum, Eslam B. Jaber, M. Al-Jarrah","doi":"10.5430/JBGC.V4N2P33","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5430/JBGC.V4N2P33","url":null,"abstract":"Lung cancer represents the second most commonly diagnosed cancer among Jordanian population. Evidence that early detection of lung cancer may allow for more timely therapeutic intervention has provided the momentum for lung cancer screening programs around the world. In this study, a computer aided detection (CAD) system is proposed in an attempt to detect the lung cancer areas using computed tomography (CT) images. It is implemented as a “second reader” to help radiologists focus their attention on regions that might be missed during visual interpretation. The proposed CAD system has three main stages; Segmentation by thresholding the CT images, labeling the founded regions and then extracting some diagnostic features of each region for further analysis and interpretation. The study is trained, tested, and validated using images obtained from forty five patients. The obtained results perfectly match the radiologist's diagnosis in detecting the defected areas and quantitatively measuring its size, location, borders as well as displaying its other diagnostic characteristics. Moreover, the proposed system can detect misclassified regions.","PeriodicalId":89580,"journal":{"name":"Journal of biomedical graphics and computing","volume":"4 1","pages":"33"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.5430/JBGC.V4N2P33","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71215056","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Janine Baum, Florian Beeres, S. Hall, Y. Boering, E. Kehmeier, T. Zeus, C. Meyer, T. Rassaf, M. Kelm, J. Balzer
{"title":"Three-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography for the evaluation of segmental myocardial deformation","authors":"Janine Baum, Florian Beeres, S. Hall, Y. Boering, E. Kehmeier, T. Zeus, C. Meyer, T. Rassaf, M. Kelm, J. Balzer","doi":"10.5430/JBGC.V4N2P23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5430/JBGC.V4N2P23","url":null,"abstract":"Background : Although the feasibility of three-dimensional (3D) speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) for the evaluation of myocardial function has been demonstrated, the poor reproducibility of strain measurements obtained with 3D STE as compared to two-dimensional (2D) STE has been controversially discussed. Aim of this study was to demonstrate the benefit of longitudinal strain analysis by 3D STE as compared to the established 2D STE techniques. Methods : 2D and 3D STE was performed in 30 volunteers with normal systolic left ventricular (LV) function using cardiac ultrasound systems from two different vendors (Vivid E9 and iE33 xMATRIX). Global and segmental longi - tudinal strain (GLS, SLS) values were analyzed for 2D STE using respective software packages (Vivid E9: EchoPAC AFI; iE33 xMATRIX: QLAB CMQ 9.0). Measurements for 3D STE were performed using specific software for Vivid E9 (EchoPAC 4DAutoLVQ) and unspecific software for iE33 xMATRIX (TomTec Imaging Systems 4D left ventricular Analysis). Intra-, interobserver and test-retest variability as well as times for acquisition and analysis were compared between 2D and 3D STE techniques. Results : The reliability of SLS measurements using 3D STE was non-inferior to the measurements obtained by 2D STE, with perpetual constant results in all tests (ICC SLS 3D 0.78 – 0.94 vs . SLS 2D 0.73 – 0.93). Agreements between SLS values were better when vendor specific 2D and 3D software was applied. GLS measurements showed inhomogeneous results for both techniques (ICC GLS 3D 0.40 – 0.93 vs . GLS 2D 0.13 – 0.91). Acquisition time was significantly shorter for 3D datasets than for 2D datasets (3D 51.0 ± 10.66 sec vs . 2D 91.0 ± 10.9 sec, p < .01). Conclusion : 3D STE is a time-saving technology for the evaluation of myocardial deformation in daily clinical practice, generating results that are comparable to the conventional 2D STE techniques. SLS obtained by 3D STE seems to be a more robust parameter than GLS for the assessment of myocardial deformation, especially when vendor specific software packages are used.","PeriodicalId":89580,"journal":{"name":"Journal of biomedical graphics and computing","volume":"4 1","pages":"23"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.5430/JBGC.V4N2P23","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71215044","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Dulaney, W. Hall, J. Mikell, P. Mittal, R. Prabhu, D. Kooby, K. Hanley, J. Sarmiento, J. Landry
{"title":"The influence of time interval between diagnostic image acquisition and operative date on pathologic tumor size in pancreatic adenocarcinoma: implications for local therapy","authors":"C. Dulaney, W. Hall, J. Mikell, P. Mittal, R. Prabhu, D. Kooby, K. Hanley, J. Sarmiento, J. Landry","doi":"10.5430/JBGC.V4N2P15","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5430/JBGC.V4N2P15","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may underestimate pancreatic tumor size, which has important implications for local therapy. Our aim was to determine if tumor growth during the interval between image acquisition and operative date impacted the observed size discrepancy. Methods: Tumor sizes measured on preoperative MRI were compared with gross pathological specimen measurements in 148 patients with surgically resected pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Differences in the measurements were correlated with the interval between date of pre-operative MRI acquisition and date of operation. Differences between tumor size on MRI and pathology reports were compared with respect to the intervening time interval. Results: A total of 148 patients had pre-operative MRI scans and were included in the analysis. The median patient age was 66 years (range: 29 years-86 years). A significant under estimation of 4.5 mm between tumor size measured on preoperative MRI and pathological examination ( p < .001) was demonstrated. There was no significant correlation between size discrepancy and time interval from the diagnostic imaging study and the surgical procedure (R 2 = 0.001, p = .72). Conclusions: Time interval between the acquired diagnostic imaging study and operative date appears to have no measureable influence on radiographic to pathologic size discrepancy in pancreatic adenocarcinoma. MRI was again shown to underestimate pancreatic cancer tumor size. Additional exploration into the role of MRI in delineating pancreatic tumor volume with a prospectively designed study is needed to validate these findings.","PeriodicalId":89580,"journal":{"name":"Journal of biomedical graphics and computing","volume":"4 1","pages":"15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.5430/JBGC.V4N2P15","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71215000","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}