A detection algorithm of lung cancer candidate nodules on multi-slice CT images

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4684 III, Issue , 2002, Pages 1354-1361

  Oda, Tomokazu ^a   Kubo, Mitsuru ^a   Kawata, Yoshiki ^a   Niki, Noboru ^a   Eguchi, Kenji ^a   Ohmatsu, Hironobu ^a   Kakinuma, Ryutaro ^a   Kaneko, Masahiro ^a   Kusumoto, Masahiko ^a   Moriyama, Noriyuki ^a   Mori, Kiyoshi ^a   Nishiyama, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

CAD system; Gradient vectors; Lung cancer; Multi slice CT images

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PULMONARY DISEASES; SCANNING; TUMORS; VECTORS;

DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 18644374192     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.467099     Document Type: Conference Paper

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