A simple method for automated lung segmentation in X-ray CT images

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5032 III, Issue , 2003, Pages 1455-1463

  Zheng, Bin ^a   Leader, Joseph K ^a   Maitz, Glenn S ^a   Chapman, Brian E ^a   Fuhrman, Carl R ^a   Rogers, Robert M ^a   Sciurba, Frank C ^a   Perez, Andrew ^a   Thompson, Paul ^a   Good, Walter F ^a   Gur, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed Tomography; Image segmentation; Lung; Medical image processing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PULMONARY DISEASES;

PLEURAL NODULES;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 0041419418     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.480290     Document Type: Conference Paper

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