Computer-aided diagnosis of pulmonary nodules based on shape analysis using thin-section CT images

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3338, Issue , 1998, Pages 1076-1086

  Kawata, Yoshiki ^a   Niki, Noboru ^a   Ohmatsu, Hironobu ^b   Kakinuma, Ryutaro ^b   Eguchi, Kenji ^c   Kaneko, Masahiro ^d   Moriyama, Noriyuki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION SHIKOKU CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Curvature; Differential diagnosis; Internal structure; Pulmonary nodule; Shape spectrum; Thin section CT

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

CURVATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; PULMONARY NODULE; SHAPE SPECTRUM; THIN-SECTION CT;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 0003875775     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.310833     Document Type: Conference Paper

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