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Estimation of Tumor Volume with Fuzzy-Connectedness Segmentation of MR Images
Gul Moonis, Jianguo Liu, Jayaram K. Udupa and David B. Hackney
American Journal of Neuroradiology March 2002, 23 (3) 356-363;
Gul Moonis
Jianguo Liu
Jayaram K. Udupa

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