Computer-assisted volumetric tumour assessment for the evaluation of patient response in malignant pleural mesothelioma

Thesis

Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a form of aggressive tumour that is almost always associated with prior exposure to asbestos. Currently responsible for over 47,000 deaths worldwide each year and rising, it poses a serious threat to global public health. Many clinical studies of MPM, including its diagnosis, prognostic planning, and the evaluation of a treatment, necessitate the accurate quantification of tumours based on medical image scans, primarily computed tomography (CT). Curr...

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Authors: Chen, M

• Publication date: 2011
• DOI: 10.5287/ora-gab5p9ebw
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: Oxford University, UK
• Language: English
• Keywords: tumour evaluation; image segmentation; medical vision; tumour volume segmentation; mesothelioma; RECIST; chest CT; malignant pleural mesothelioma; medical image processing
• Subjects: Information engineering; Medical Engineering; Image understanding; Biomedical engineering