Classification of lung area using multidetector-row CT images

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4684 III, Issue , 2002, Pages 1292-1300

  Mukaibo, T ^a   Kawata, Y ^a   Niki, N ^a   Ohmatsu, H ^a   Kakinuma, R ^a   Kaneko, M ^a   Eguchi, K ^a   Moriyama, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 D Distance transform; 3 D weighted Hough transform; Classification of lung area; Multidetector row CT; Pulmonary organs analysis method

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; HOUGH TRANSFORMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; PULMONARY DISEASES; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

PULMONARY ORGAN ANALYSIS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0036030003     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.467089     Document Type: Conference Paper

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