Gradient correction and classification of CT lung images for the automated quantification of mosaic attenuation pattern

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 437-447

  Chabat, Franois ^a   Desai, Sujal R ^a   Hansell, David M ^a   Yang, Guang Zhong ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attenuation values; Computed tomography, physics and instrumentation; Computed tomography, techniques; Lungs, anatomy; Lungs, diseases

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PHANTOMS;

ATTENUATION VALUE; BRONCHIOLITIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY, PHYSIC AND INSTRUMENTATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY, TECHNIQUE; CT IMAGE; DENSITY GRADIENTS; DETECTION OF DENSITIES; FULLY AUTOMATED; LUNG ANATOMY; LUNG CT;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRONCHIOLITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; INSTRUMENTATION; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION PHYSICS; REPRODUCIBILITY; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0034464681     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-200005000-00016     Document Type: Article

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