Enhanced lung cancer detection in temporal subtraction chest radiography using directional edge filtering techniques

Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4684 II, Issue , 2002, Pages 698-703

  Zhao, Hui ^a,b   Ben Lo, Shih Chung ^a   Freedman, Matthew T ^a   Wang, Yue ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Directional edge filtering; Radiography; Temporal subtraction

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; EDGE DETECTION; FEATURE EXTRACTION; NEURAL NETWORKS; PULMONARY DISEASES;

DIRECTIONAL EDGE FILTERING; LUNG CANCER DETECTION;

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036035484     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.467212     Document Type: Article

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