Three-dimensional human airway segmentation methods for clinical virtual bronchoscopy

Academic Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1153-1168

  Kiraly, Atilla P ^a   Higgins, William E ^a,b,c   McLennan, Geoffrey ^c   Hoffman, Eric A ^c,d   Reinhardt, Joseph M ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchi, CT; Bronchoscopy; Computed tomography (CT), image processing; Computed tomography (CT), three dimensional; Trachea, CT

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRACHEA; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 0036787454     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1076-6332(03)80517-2     Document Type: Article

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