A statistical 3-D pattern processing method for computer-aided detection of polyps in CT colonography

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1251-1260

  Göktürk, Salih Burak ^b   Tomasi, Carlo ^b   Acar, Burak ^c   Beaulieu, Christopher F ^c   Paik, David S ^c   Jeffrey Jr , R Brooke ^c   Yee, Judy ^d   Napel, Sandy ^a,c  

^a IEEE

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer aided diagnosis; CT colonography; Pattern recognition; Random orthogonal shape section (ROSS) method; Support vector machines classification

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; EDGE DETECTION; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; GASTROENTEROLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RANDOM PROCESSES; STATISTICAL METHODS; TISSUE;

COLONOGRAPHY; POLYPS; RANDOM ORTHOGONAL SHAPE SECTION; STATISTICAL THREE DIMENSIONAL PATTERN PROCESSING METHOD; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE CLASSIFICATION; VIRTUAL COLONOSCOPY;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; CLASSIFICATION; COLON POLYP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035544611     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.974920     Document Type: Article

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