Galloway, B.
, Peskin, A.
and Levine, Z.
(2011),
Tumor volume measurement errors RECIST studied with realistic tumor models, Journal of Research (NIST JRES), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=907952
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Tumor volume measurement errors RECIST studied with realistic tumor models
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RECIST (Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors) is a linear measure intended to predict tumor volume in medical computed tomography (CT). In this work, using purely geometrical considerations, we estimate how well RECIST can predict the volume of randomly-oriented tumor models, each composed of the union of ellipsoids. The principal conclusion is that RECIST is likely to work less well for realistic tumors than for ellipsoids.Citation
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116
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X-ray imaging , RECIST , Tumor Size , Volumetric Measurement
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