Electronic colon cleansing using segmentation rays for virtual colonoscopy

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4683, Issue , 2002, Pages 412-418

  Lakare, Sarang ^a   Chen, Dongqing ^a   Li, Lihong ^a   Kaufman, Arie ^a   Liang, Zhengrong ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3D medical imaging; Cancer diagnosis; Electronic cleansing; Segmentation rays; Virtual colonoscopy

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; TUMORS;

ELECTRONIC COLON CLEANSING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0036032244     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.463608     Document Type: Conference Paper

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