Texture analysis of imaging: what radiologists need to know

BA Varghese, SY Cen, DH Hwang… - American Journal of …, 2019 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. Radiologic texture is the variation in image intensities within an image and is
an important part of radiomics. The objective of this article is to discuss some parameters …

Lung cancer—a fractal viewpoint

FE Lennon, GC Cianci, NA Cipriani… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2015 - nature.com
Fractals are mathematical constructs that show self-similarity over a range of scales and non-
integer (fractal) dimensions. Owing to these properties, fractal geometry can be used to …

[HTML][HTML] Fractal nature of human gastrointestinal system: Exploring a new era

F Grizzi, M Spadaccini, M Chiriva-Internati… - World journal of …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The morphological complexity of cells and tissues, whether normal or pathological, is
characterized by two primary attributes: Irregularity and self-similarity across different scales …

Advances in hypoxia-mediated mechanisms in hepatocellular carcinoma

XX Xiong, XY Qiu, DX Hu, XQ Chen - Molecular pharmacology, 2017 - ASPET
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most common and the third most deadly
malignant tumor worldwide. Hypoxia and related oxidative stress are heavily involved in the …

The role of texture analysis in imaging as an outcome predictor and potential tool in radiotherapy treatment planning

S Alobaidli, S McQuaid, C South… - The British journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Predicting a tumour's response to radiotherapy prior to the start of treatment could enhance
clinical care management by enabling the personalization of treatment plans based on …

Association between textural and morphological tumor indices on baseline PET‐CT and early metabolic response on interim PET‐CT in bulky malignant lymphomas

F Ben Bouallègue, YA Tabaa, M Kafrouni… - Medical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose We investigated whether metabolic, textural, and morphological tumoral indices
evaluated on baseline PET‐CT were predictive of early metabolic response on interim PET …

Quantification of structural heterogeneity using fractal analysis of contrast-enhanced CT image to predict survival in gastric cancer patients

H Watanabe, K Hayano, G Ohira, S Imanishi… - Digestive Diseases and …, 2021 - Springer
Background Malignant tumor essentially implies structural heterogeneity. Fractal analysis of
medical imaging has a potential to quantify this structural heterogeneity in the tumor Aims …

MR imaging based fractal analysis for differentiating primary CNS lymphoma and glioblastoma

S Liu, X Fan, C Zhang, Z Wang, S Li, Y Wang, X Qiu… - European …, 2019 - Springer
Objectives The aim of this study was to differentiate primary central nervous system
lymphoma (PCNSL) from glioblastomas (GBM) using the fractal analysis of conventional …

Combination therapy in cancer: effects of angiogenesis inhibitors on drug pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics

I Fuso Nerini, M Cesca, F Bizzaro, R Giavazzi - Chinese journal of cancer, 2016 - Springer
Validated preclinical studies have provided evidence that anti-vascular endothelial growth
factor (VEGF) compounds enhance the activity of subsequent antitumor therapy, but the …

Early response evaluation using CT-perfusion one day after transarterial chemoembolization for HCC predicts treatment response and long-term disease control

D Tamandl, F Waneck, W Sieghart… - European Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Purpose To determine the value of CT perfusion (CTP) for early response assessment after
transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Materials and …