Publication Name	World Journal of Gastroenterology
Manuscript ID	4608
Country	China

Received	2013-07-10 10:25
Peer-Review Started	2013-07-10 10:34
To Make the First Decision	2013-08-08 11:24
Return for Revision	2013-08-12 21:37
Revised	2013-08-28 16:36
Second Decision	2013-09-05 11:27
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief	2013-09-05 13:05
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Category	Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type	Autobiography
Article Title	New endoscopic ultrasonography image processing method to evaluate the prognosis for pancreatic cancer treated with interstitial brachytherapy
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Wei Xu, Yan Liu, Zheng Lu, Zhen-Dong Jin, Yu-Hong Hu, Jian-Guo Yu and Zhao-Shen Li
Funding Agency and Grant Number	Funding Agency Grant Number National Natural Science Foundation of China 30801362 National Natural Science Foundation of China 81001074
Corresponding Author	Zhao-Shen Li, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, 168 Changhai Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai 200433, China. xuwei83419@sina.com
Key Words	Digital image processing; Fuzzy classification; Endoscopic ultrasonography; Pancreatic cancer; Interstitial brachytherapy; Prognosis
Core Tip	Digital image processing (DIP) of endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) images has been proven to be useful in diagnosis of malignant tumor. Currently commonly used method of DIP is only to concludes the differential diagnosis of solid tumors ("yes" or "no"), can not provide the numerical data describing the texture parameters in the EUS image. EUS-guided brachytherapy has been applied preliminarily in the study of advanced pancreatic cancer. However, prognosis judgment of these patients was still difficult. So we develop a fuzzy classification method to score texture features of pancreatic cancer in EUS images to supply more information and validated its utility in prognosis judgment of patients with unresectable pancreatic cancer treated by EUS-guided interstitial brachytherapy.
Publish Date	2013-10-15 17:26
Citation	Xu W, Liu Y, Lu Z, Jin ZD, Hu YH, Yu JG, Li ZS. A new endoscopic ultrasonography image processing method to evaluate the prognosis for pancreatic cancer treated with interstitial brachytherapy. World J Gastroenterol 2013; 19(38): 6479-6484
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v19/i38/6479.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v19.i38.6479

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