Virtual bronchoscopy for quantitative airway analysis

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5746, Issue I, 2005, Pages 369-383

  Kiraly, A P ^a   Reinhardt, J M ^b   Huffman, E A ^b,c   McLennan, G ^c   Higgins, W E ^d  

^a SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^b University of Iowa   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d The Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization   (United States)

Author keywords

3D imaging; Airway analysis; MDCT; Pulmonary imaging; Virtual bronchoscopy; Virtual endoscopy

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; ENDOSCOPY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

3D IMAGING; AIRWAY ANALYSIS; MDCT; PULMONARY IMAGING; VIRTUAL BRONCHOSCOPY; VIRTUAL ENDOSCOPY;

AIR TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 23844505348     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.595283     Document Type: Conference Paper

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