3D human airway segmentation for virtual bronchoscopy

Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4683, Issue , 2002, Pages 16-29

  Kiraly, A P ^a   Higgins, W E ^a,b   Hoffman, E A ^b   McLennan, G ^b   Reinhardt, Joe M ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

Airways; Peripheral nodules; Pulmonary; Segmentation; Virtual bronchoscopy; Virtual endoscopy; X ray CT

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ENDOSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MEDICAL IMAGING; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; X RAYS;

HUMAN AIRWAY SEGMENTATION; VIRTUAL BRONCHOSCOPY;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 0036032161     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.463580     Document Type: Article

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