A novel computerized approach to enhancing lung tumor detection in whole-body PET images

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 26 III, Issue , 2004, Pages 1589-1592

  Ying, Hao ^a,b   Zhou, Fule ^a   Shields, Anthony F ^b,c   Muzik, Otto ^b,c   Wu, Dafang ^b   Heath, Elisabeth I ^b,c  

^a Wayne State University   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Detection; Image processing; Lung; PET; Positron Emission Tomography; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; HOSPITALS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METABOLISM; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PULMONARY DISEASES; TUMORS;

CANCER DETECTION; DETECTION; LUNGS; THORAX;

ONCOLOGY;

EID: 11144334236     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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