Academic Radiology
Volume 13, Issue 6 , Pages 713-720 , June 2006

Diagnosis of Hepatic Tumors With Texture Analysis in Nonenhanced Computed Tomography Images

  • Yu-Len Huang, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Computer Science & Information Engineering, Tunghai University, Taichung 407, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Y.-L.H.
    • ,
  • Jeon-Hor Chen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, China Medical University Hospital, No. 2, Yuh-Der Road, Taichung 404, Taiwan.
    • ,
  • Wu-Chung Shen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, China Medical University Hospital, No. 2, Yuh-Der Road, Taichung 404, Taiwan.

Received 10 July 2005 ,Revised 10 July 2005 ,Accepted 11 July 2005.

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1 This work was supported by the National Science Council, Taiwan, Republic of China, under grants NSC-89-2314-B-039-020-M08 and NSC-92-2213-E-029-022.

PII: S1076-6332(06)00217-0

doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2005.07.014

Academic Radiology
Volume 13, Issue 6 , Pages 713-720 , June 2006

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