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series of CAT scan images of pancreases of 2 patients

April 29, 2022

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series of CAT scan images of pancreases of 2 patients

On the Cover

CT scans of the pancreas from two patients (rows). The columns show (from l) the original CT image, a reference manual segmentation, an automated segmentation by use of deep learning, a manual segmentation by a second observer to compute interobserver variability and a repeat manual segmentation to compute intraobserver variability. The automated segmentations were used in a large-scale study of the effect of Type 2 diabetes on the pancreas.

HIMA TALLAM, DANIEL C. ELTON, SUNGWON LEE, PAUL WAKIM, PERRY J. PICKHARDT, RONALD M. SUMMERS

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