Fractal analysis of high-resolution CT images as a tool for quantification of lung diseases

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2433, Issue , 1995, Pages 133-142

  Uppaluri, Renuka ^a   Mitsa, Theophano ^a   Galvin, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Box counting; Edge detection; Fractal brownian motion; Fractal dimension; Pulmonary structure and function

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; EDGE DETECTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TEXTURES;

BOX-COUNTING; BRANCHING STRUCTURES; EDGE ENHANCEMENTS; FRACTAL BROWNIAN MOTION; HIGH RESOLUTION CT; LOCAL FRACTAL DIMENSION; NATURALLY OCCURRING; PULMONARY STRUCTURE;

FRACTAL DIMENSION;

EID: 0010322082     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.209685     Document Type: Conference Paper

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