Computer aided lung nodule detection on high resolution CT data

Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4684 II, Issue , 2002, Pages 677-688

  Wiemker, Rafael ^a   Rogalla, Patrik ^b   Zwartkruis, André ^c   Blaffert, Thomas ^a  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

CAD; Computer aided detection; High resolution CT; HRCT; Lung cancer screening; Lung nodules; Segmentation; Shape analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA REDUCTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PULMONARY DISEASES; RADIOLOGY;

LUNG CANCER SCREENING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0036032283     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.467210     Document Type: Article

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