On segmentation of lung parenchyma in quantitative computed tomography of the lung

Medical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2432-2439

  Kemerink, Gerrit J ^a   Lamers, Rob J S ^a   Pellis, Bas J ^a   Kruize, Man H ^a   Van Engelshoven, J M A ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CT technology; Densitometry; Lung density

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; EROSION; GRAPHIC METHODS; PIXELS;

CT TECHNOLOGY; DENSITOMETRY; HISTOGRAM ANALYSIS; LUNG DENSITIES; QUANTITATIVE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; RECONSTRUCTION KERNEL; SEGMENTATION THRESHOLD; STRONG DEPENDENCES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENSITOMETRY; EMPHYSEMA; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUNG PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0032443702     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598454     Document Type: Article

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