Abstract
Modeling of a growing tumor over time is extremely difficult, because of the complex biological phenomena underlying cancer proliferation. Existing models can mostly describe in vitro experiments of spherically-shaped avascular tumors, but they cannot match the highly heterogeneous and complex-shaped tumors seen in cancer patients. We propose a new time-dependent geometric deformable model that can characterize tumors of complex shape, such as vascular tumors. Preliminary result show that such a model can provide an adequate framework for analyzing and predicting the growth of tumors seen in PET images of cancer patients.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings |
| Editors | R.S. Leder |
| Pages | 2687-2690 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Volume | 3 |
| State | Published - 2003 |
| Event | A New Beginning for Human Health: Proceedings of the 25th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society - Cancun, Mexico Duration: Sep 17 2003 → Sep 21 2003 |
Other
| Other | A New Beginning for Human Health: Proceedings of the 25th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society |
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| Country/Territory | Mexico |
| City | Cancun |
| Period | 9/17/03 → 9/21/03 |
Keywords
- Cancer
- PET image analysis
- Tumor modeling
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Bioengineering