Detection and compensation of rib structures in chest radiographs for diagnostic assistance

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3338, Issue , 1998, Pages 774-785

  Vogelsang, Frank ^a   Weiler, Frank ^a   Dahmen, Joerg ^a   Kilbinger, Markus W ^a   Wein, Berthold B ^a   Günther, Rolf W ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chest radiographs; Matched template; Rib compensation; Rib detection; Sinking lead algorithm; Snakes; Synergetics

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; HOUGH TRANSFORMS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY;

CHEST RADIOGRAPHS; MATCHED TEMPLATE; RIB COMPENSATION; RIB DETECTION; SINKING LEAD ALGORITHM; SNAKES; SYNERGETICS;

EDGE DETECTION;

EID: 0001130909     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.310957     Document Type: Conference Paper

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