Example-Based Assisting Approach for Pulmonary Nodule Classification in Three-Dimensional Thoracic Computed Tomography Images

Academic Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1402-1415

  Kawata, Yoshiki ^a   Niki, Noboru ^a   Ohmatsu, Hironobu ^b   Moriyama, Noriyuki ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 dimensional thoracic computed tomography; Computer aided diagnosis; Example based assist; Pulmonary nodule classification

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG NODULE; LUNG STRUCTURE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0347252326     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1076-6332(03)00507-5     Document Type: Article

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