Computer-aided classification of pulmonary nodules in surrounding and internal feature spaces using three-dimensional thoracic CT images

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4684 II, Issue , 2002, Pages 704-715

  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; Internal structure; Joint histogrambased representation; Pulmonary nodule; Surrounding structure; Visualization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PULMONARY DISEASES; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VECTORS;

PULMONARY NODULES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 18644368709     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.467213     Document Type: Conference Paper

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