Image-processing technique for suppressing ribs in chest radiographs by means of massive training artificial neural network (MTANN)

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 406-416

  Suzuki, Kenji ^a,b   Abe, Hiroyuki ^b   MacMahon, Heber ^b   Doi, Kunio ^b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; Chest radiography; Computer aided diagnosis (CAD); Dual energy subtraction; Lung nodule; Rib suppression

Indexed keywords

CHEST RADIOGRAPHY; CLAVICLES; DUAL-ENERGY SUBTRACTION; ENERGY BONE IMAGES; LUNG NODULE; LUNG NODULES; RIB SUPPRESSION;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; DECOMPOSITION; IMAGE PROCESSING; PULMONARY DISEASES; RADIOGRAPHY;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LUNG COIN LESION; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIB; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COIN LESION, PULMONARY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 33645673568     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2006.871549     Document Type: Article

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