A computerized approach for estimating pulmonary nodule growth rates in three-dimensional thoracic CT images based on CT density histogram

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5747, Issue II, 2005, Pages 872-882

  Kawata, Y ^a   Niki, N ^a   Ohmatsu, H ^b   Kusumoto, M ^c   Kakinuma, R ^d   Mori, K ^e   Yamada, K ^f   Nishiyama, H ^g   Eguchi, K ^h   Kaneko, M ^c   Moriyama, N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^e TOCHIGI CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^f Kanaga Cancer Center

^g Social Health Insurance Medical Center   (Japan)

^h TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 D thoracic CT images; Computer aided diagnosis; CT density distribution; Nodule growth rate; Pulmonary nodule

Indexed keywords

CT DENSITY DISTRIBUTION; NODULE GROWTH RATE; PULMONARY NODULE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3-D) THORACIC CT IMAGES;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GROWTH KINETICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PROBABILITY; SCANNING; TUMORS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 23844462236     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.595099     Document Type: Conference Paper

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