Clinical Radiology
Volume 62, Issue 2 , Pages 145-151 , February 2007

CT colonography: automatic measurement of polyp diameter compared with manual assessment — an in-vivo study

Received 24 May 2006 ,Revised 15 September 2006 ,Accepted 29 September 2006.

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PII: S0009-9260(06)00328-X

doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2006.09.018

Clinical Radiology
Volume 62, Issue 2 , Pages 145-151 , February 2007

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