Automatic liver segmentation technique for three-dimensional visualization of CT data

Radiology

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 359-364

  Gao, Luomin ^a   Heath, David G ^a   Kuszyk, Brian S ^a   Fishman, Elliot K ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT), three dimensional; Computed tomography (CT), volume rendering; Liver, CT

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIVER SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0029911338     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.201.2.8888223     Document Type: Article

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