A novel approach to tumor quantification and graphical model for image guided surgery

• Main Authors: Aboaba, Abdulfattah A., Hameed, Shihab A., Khalifa, Othman Omran, Hassan Abdalla Hashim, Aisha, Harun, Rahmat H., Mohd Zain, Nurzaini Rose
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Scottish Journal 2013
• Subjects: RD701 Orthopedics; T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/33586/1/Pages_from_SJASS_Vol.12_No.1-paper.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/33586/; http://scottishjournal.co.uk/paper/SJASS_Vol.12_No.1.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

One of the problems confronting image guided surgery (IGS) is the time consumed at some stages of the procedure. This paper presents a methodological approach to calculating tumor volume by processing the MR image data records of patients and goes further to develop tumor model which could be use as...