Texture analysis of medical images for radiotherapy applications

• Published in: British journal of radiology Vol. 90; no. 1070; p. 20160642
• Main Authors: Scalco, Elisa, Rizzo, Giovanna
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England The British Institute of Radiology 01.01.2017
• Subjects: Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Neoplasms - pathology; Neoplasms - radiotherapy; Organs at Risk; Physics and Technology; Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography; Radiotherapy and Oncology; Review; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

The high-throughput extraction of quantitative information from medical images, known as radiomics, has grown in interest due to the current necessity to quantitatively characterize tumour heterogeneity. In this context, texture analysis, consisting of a variety of mathematical techniques that can d...