Analysis of evolving processes in pulmonary nodules using a sequence of three-dimensional thoracic images

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4322, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1890-1901

  Kawata, Y ^a   Niki, N ^a   Ohmatsu, H ^a   Kusumoto, M ^a   Kakinuma, R ^a   Mori, K ^a   Nishiyama, H ^a   Eguchi, K ^a   Kaneko, M ^a   Moriyama, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computer aided diagnosis; Evolution; Pulmonary nodule; Registration

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PULMONARY DISEASES; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

PULMONARY NODULES;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 17944373384     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.431081     Document Type: Conference Paper

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