A computer model of lung morphology to analyze SPECT images

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 237-246

  Schroeter, Jeffry D ^a   Fleming, John S ^b   Hwang, Dongming ^c   Martonen, Ted B ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c IBM   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol deposition; Airway quantification; Computer simulation; Lung morphology; Single photon emission computed tomography analysis

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DEPOSITION; IMAGE ANALYSIS;

GAMMA SCINTIGRAPHY;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

AIRWAY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAMMA SCINTIGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG VOLUME; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0037036191     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-6111(02)00014-9     Document Type: Article

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