Computer-aided diagnosis: A neural-network-based approach to lung nodule detection

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 872-880

  Penedo, Manuel G ^a   Carreira, Maria J ^a   Mosquera, Antonio ^a   Cabello, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks (ANN's); Computer aided diagnosis (CAD); Curvature peak; Facet model; Lung nodule

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG; LUNG TUMOR; MATHEMATICS; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MATHEMATICS; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PULMONARY DISEASES;

CURVATURE PEAK; DIGITAL CHEST RADIOGRAPHS; LUNG NODULES;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0032216601     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.746620     Document Type: Article

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