Classification of lung tumors on chest radiographs by fractal texture analysis

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 625-629

  Peiss, Johannes ^a,b   Verlande, Martin ^a   Ameling, Walter ^a   Günther, Rolf W ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

chest radiographs; classification; Fractal texture analysis; lung tumors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUNG TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

EID: 0029814447     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004424-199610000-00004     Document Type: Article

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