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Tumor Response Assessment in Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma: Comparison of Semiautomated Volumetric, Semiautomated Linear, and Manual Linear Tumor Measurement Strategies

L.A. Gilligan, M.D. DeWire-Schottmiller, M. Fouladi, P. DeBlank and J.L. Leach
American Journal of Neuroradiology April 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A6555
L.A. Gilligan
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (L.A.G., J.L.L.)
cDepartment of Graduate Medical Education (L.A.G., M.D.D.-S.), Mount Carmel Health System, Columbus, Ohio
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M.D. DeWire-Schottmiller
bCancer and Blood Diseases Institute (M.D.D.-S., M.F.), Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
cDepartment of Graduate Medical Education (L.A.G., M.D.D.-S.), Mount Carmel Health System, Columbus, Ohio
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M. Fouladi
bCancer and Blood Diseases Institute (M.D.D.-S., M.F.), Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
dDepartments of Pediatrics (M.F., P.D.)
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P. DeBlank
dDepartments of Pediatrics (M.F., P.D.)
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J.L. Leach
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (L.A.G., J.L.L.)
eRadiology (J.L.L.), University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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American Journal of Neuroradiology Apr 2020, DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A6555
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