Automated knowledge-guided segmentation of colonic walls for computerized detection of polyps in CT colonography

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 493-504

  Näppi, Janne ^a   Dachman, Abraham H ^a   MacEneaney, Peter ^a   Yoshida, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Computed tomography colonography; Computer aided detection; Virtual colonoscopy; Volumetric image analysis

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

COLON CANCER; COLON SEGMENTATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY COLONOGRAPHY; COMPUTER AIDED DETECTION; CT COLONOGRAPHY; EXTRACOLONIC COMPONENTS; POLYP DETECTION; SEGMENTATION TECHNIQUES; VIRTUAL COLONOSCOPY; VOLUMETRIC IMAGE ANALYSIS;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INTESTINE WALL; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036656984     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-200207000-00003     Document Type: Article

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