Three-dimensional multicriterion automatic segmentation of pulmonary nodules of helical computed tomography images

Optical Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1340-1347

  Zhao, Binsheng ^a   Reeves, Anthony P ^b   Yankelevitz, David F ^a   Henschke, Claudia I ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; MORPHOLOGY;

HELICAL COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY (CT) IMAGES; REGION OF INTEREST (ROI);

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032663031     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.602176     Document Type: Article

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