Use of intensity- and spatial-based image descriptors to characterise and quantify neoplastic lesions in positron emission tomography

Intra-tumour biological heterogeneity is a characteristic shared by all cancers and is thought to contribute to treatment failure. Within-lesion spatial heterogeneity can be qualitatively visualised in Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging. Quantifying the variability of the biological processe...

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Main Author: Willaime, Julien Michel Yvon
Other Authors: Aboagye, Eric : Turkheimer, Federico
Published: Imperial College London 2013
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.634079