Extraction and classification of pulmonary organs based on thoracic 3D CT images

Systems and Computers in Japan

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 42-53

  Tozaki, Tetsuya ^a   Kawata, Yoshiki ^b   Niki, Noboru ^b   Ohmatsu, Hironobu ^c  

^a KOBE CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bronchus extraction; Helical CT; Lung cancer diagnosis; Pulmonary artery and vein extraction; Thoracic 3D CT image

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; PULMONARY DISEASES; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

BRONCHUS EXTRACTION; HELICAL COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LUNG CANCER; PULMONARY ORGANS; THORACIC THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGES;

FEATURE EXTRACTION;

EID: 0035416606     PISSN: 08821666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/scj.1054     Document Type: Article

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