Selective enhancement filters for nodules, vessels, and airway walls in two- and three-dimensional CT scans

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 2040-2051

  Li, Qiang ^a   Sone, Shusuke ^b   Doi, Kunio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b JA Azumi General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airway wall; Computer aided diagnosis (CAD); CT scan; Hessian matrix; Nodule; Nodule detection; Second derivative; Vessel

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MEDICAL IMAGING;

AIRWAY WALLS; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS(CAD); HESSIAN MATRICES; NODULE; NODULE DETECTION; SECOND DERIVATIVES; VESSEL;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

AIRWAY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; CALCULATION; CANCER SCREENING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FILTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0041387385     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1581411     Document Type: Article

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