Recognition of lung nodule shadows from chest X-ray CT images using 3D Markov random field models

Systems and Computers in Japan

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 82-95

  Takizawa, Hotaka ^a   Yamamoto, Shinji ^a   Nakagawa, Tohru ^b   Matsumoto, Tohru ^c   Tateno, Yukio ^c   Iinuma, Takeshi ^c   Matsumoto, Mitsuomi ^d  

^a TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial CT images; Automatic recognition of nodule shadows; Chest X ray CT images; Three dimensional geometric models; Three dimensional Markov random field model

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; SCREENING;

ARTIFICIAL CT IMAGES; AUTOMATIC RECOGNITION OF NODULE SHADOWS; CHEST X-RAY CT IMAGES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MARKOV RANDOM FIELD MODEL;

RADIOLOGY;

EID: 3042541910     PISSN: 08821666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/scj.10453     Document Type: Article

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