Lymph node segmentation from CT images using fast marching method

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 33-38

  Yan, Jiayong ^a   Zhuang, Tian Ge ^a   Zhao, Binsheng ^b   Schwartz, Lawrence H ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CT images; Fast marching; Image segmentation; Lymph node

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

FAST MARCHING METHOD; LYMPH NODES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 10744231919     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2003.09.003     Document Type: Article

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