Automated measurement of single and total lung volume from CT

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 632-640

  Brown, Matthew Sherman ^a   McNitt Gray, Michael Francis ^a   Goldin, Jonathan Gerard ^a   Greaser, Lloyd Edward ^a   Hayward, Ulrike Michaela ^a   Sayre, James William ^a   Arid, Mohsen Kamel ^a   Aberle, Denise Ru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography, image processing; Lungs, anatomy; Volumetric scanning

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

AUTOMATED MEASUREMENT; AUTOMATED METHODS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGES; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY, IMAGE PROCESSING; CT IMAGE; IMAGES PROCESSING; LUNG ANATOMY; LUNG VOLUME; MEASUREMENTS OF; VOLUMETRIC SCANNING;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BODY PLETHYSMOGRAPH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LUNG VOLUME; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

EID: 0032767425     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-199907000-00027     Document Type: Article

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