Improved detection and characterization of obscured central gland tumors of the prostate: texture analysis of non contrast and contrast enhanced MR images for differentiation of benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) nodules and cancer

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study to assess the value of texture analysis (TA) for prostate cancer (PCa) detection on T2 weighted images (T2WI) and dynamic contrast-enhanced images (DCE) by differentiating between the PCa and Benign Prostate Hyperplasia (BPH). MATERIALS & METHODS: This stud...

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Main Author: Banaja, Duaa
Language:en_US
Published: 2016
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2144/19200