Semi-automated tabulation of the 3D topology and morphology of branching networks using CT: Application to the airway tree

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1625-1638

  Sauret, V ^a   Goatman, K A ^a   Fleming, J S ^a   Bailey, A G ^b  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; HUMANS; LUNG; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PLASTICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032791501     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/44/7/304     Document Type: Article

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