Lung lobe segmentation by anatomy-guided 3D watershed transform

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5032 III, Issue , 2003, Pages 1482-1490

  Kuhnigk, Jan Martin ^a   Hahn, Horst K ^a   Hindennach, Milo ^a   Dicken, Volker ^a   Krass, Stefan ^a   Peitgen, Heinz Otto ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER MEVIS   (Germany)

Author keywords

CT imaging; Lobar fissures; Lung lobes; Pulmonary imaging; Segmentation; Watershed transform

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD VESSELS; DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PULMONARY DISEASES;

LUNG LOBES;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 0042922590     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.480321     Document Type: Conference Paper

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