Automatic segmentation of lung fields on chest radiographic images

Computers and Biomedical Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 283-303

  Carreira, María J ^a   Cabello, Diego ^a   Mosquera, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CALCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROL SYSTEM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG; LUNG MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033151766     PISSN: 00104809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cbmr.1999.1510     Document Type: Article

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