Differences in tumor volume for treated glioblastoma patients examined with 18F-fluorothymidine PET and contrast-enhanced MRI

Differences in tumor volume for treated glioblastoma patients examined with 18F-fluorothymidine PET and contrast-enhanced MRI

Background: Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common and malignant primary brain tumor. It is a rapidly progressing tumor that infiltrates the adjacent healthy brain tissue and is difficult to treat. Despite modern treatment including surgical resection followed by radiochemotherapy and adjuvant chemot...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hedman, Karolina
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Umeå universitet, Institutionen för fysik 2020
Subjects:
PET/MRI
positron emission tomography
magnetic resonance imaging
brain tumor
glioblastoma
image segmentation
adaptive thresholding
feature extraction
radiotracer
gadolinium
image processing
image analysis
Other Physics Topics
Annan fysik
Medical Image Processing
Medicinsk bildbehandling
Cancer and Oncology
Cancer och onkologi
Neurosciences
Neurovetenskaper
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