Knowledge-based automatic detection of multi-type lung nodules from multi-detector CT studies

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4684 II, Issue , 2002, Pages 689-697

  Qian, Jianzhong ^a   Fan, Li ^a   Wei, Guo Qing ^a   Novak, Carol L ^a   Odry, Benjamin ^a   Shen, Hong ^a   Zhang, Li ^a   Naidich, David P ^b   Ko, Jane P ^b   Rubinowitz, Ami N ^b   McGuinness, Georgeann ^b   Kohl, Gerhard ^c   Klotz, Ernst ^c  

^a SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automatic detection; Computer aided diagnosis; CT lung nodule; Knowledge based image analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; DATA REDUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PULMONARY DISEASES;

LUNG CANCER DETECTION; LUNG NODULES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 18644365834     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.467211     Document Type: Article

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