Computer simulation for segmentation of lung nodules in CT images

Conference Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2004, Pages 4491-4496

  Dajnowiec, Maciej ^a   Alirezaie, Javad ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Corner cases; Gaussian structure; Lung cancer; Lung nodules; Morphology; Region growing; Segmentation; Thresholding

Indexed keywords

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORNER CASES; GAUSSIAN STRUCTURE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; REGION GROWING; SEGMENTATION; THRESHOLDING;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; MORPHOLOGY; NEURAL NETWORKS; PULMONARY DISEASES; RADIOLOGY; TUMORS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 15744378845     PISSN: 1062922X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSMC.2004.1401239     Document Type: Conference Paper

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