Computerized scheme for automated detection of lung nodules in low-dose computed tomography images for lung cancer screening

Academic Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 617-629

  Arimura, Hidetaka ^a,c   Katsuragawa, Shigehiko ^a   Suzuki, Kenji ^a   Li, Feng ^a   Shiraishi, Junji ^a   Sone, Shusuke ^b   Doi, Kunio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Azumi General Hospital   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computer aided diagnosis (CAD); Difference image technique; Low dose computed tomography (LDCT); Lung cancer screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LUNG; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 2542474244     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2004.02.009     Document Type: Article

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