Automatic detection of endobronchial lesions using virtual bronchoscopy: Comparison of two methods

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3338, Issue , 1998, Pages 327-335

  Summers, Ronald M ^a   Pusanik, Lynne M ^a   Malley, James D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchi; Computed tomography; Computer aided diagnosis; Curvature; Three dimensional reconstruction; Trachea; Virtual bronchoscopy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; RESTORATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY;

BRONCHI; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CURVATURE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION; TRACHEA; VIRTUAL BRONCHOSCOPY;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 33645190989     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.310909     Document Type: Conference Paper

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