Recognition method of lung nodules using blood vessel extraction techniques and 3D object models

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5032 I, Issue , 2003, Pages 190-198

  Fukano, Gentaro ^a,b   Takizawa, Hotaka ^a   Shigemoto, Kanae ^a   Yamamoto, Shinji ^a   Matsumoto, Tohru ^c   Tateno, Yukio ^c   Iinuma, Takeshi ^c  

^a TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

3D nodule blood vessel model; Automatic detection of lung cancer; Chest X ray CT images; Extraction of blood vessels

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MORPHOLOGY; PULMONARY DISEASES; X RAY FILMS;

MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY FILTERS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0041874998     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.480665     Document Type: Conference Paper

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