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Fractal analysis of contrast-enhanced CT images for preoperative prediction of malignant potential of gastrointestinal stromal tumor

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-018-1526-z

Published Online: 2018-03-03

Published Print: 2018-10

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Kurata, Yoshihiro https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8333-2032
Hayano, Koichi

Ohira, Gaku

Narushima, Kazuo

Aoyagi, Tomoyoshi

Matsubara, Hisahiro
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First Online: 3 March 2018

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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

: This retrospective study was approved by the institutional review board at our institute. Written informed consent for participation was not required because of the retrospective nature of this study; however, all patients gave their written informed consent to undergo CE-CT and FDG-PET examinations.

: Informed consent for this study was waved by the hospital’s medical ethics committee as all patients underwent CT, MRI and FDG-PET as part of their clinical work-up.