Contralateral subtraction: A novel technique for detection of asymmetric abnormalities on digital chest radiographs

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-55

  Li, Qiang ^a   Katsuragawa, Shigehiko ^a   Ishida, Takayuki ^a   Yoshida, Hiroyuki ^a   Tsukuda, Shunji ^a   MacMahon, Heber ^a   Doi, Kunio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest radiography; Contralateral subtraction; Image cross correlation; Nonlinear image warping

Indexed keywords

MIRRORS; RADIOGRAPHY;

CHEST RADIOGRAPHS; CHEST RADIOGRAPHY; CONTRALATERAL SUBTRACTION; IMAGE CROSS-CORRELATION; NON-LINEAR IMAGE WARPING; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; POTENTIAL UTILITY; SUBJECTIVE EVALUATIONS;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033977991     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598856     Document Type: Article

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