Comparative performance analysis for computer aided lung nodule detection and segmentation on ultra-low-dose vs. standard-dose CT

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6146, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Wiemker, Rafael ^a   Rogalla, Patrik ^b   Opfer, Roland ^a   Ekin, Ahmet ^c   Romano, Valentina ^b   Bülow, Thomas ^a  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computer aided detection; Lung cancer screening; Pulmonary nodules; Ultra low dose CT

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DRUG DOSAGE; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PULMONARY DISEASES;

LUNG CANCER SCREENING; PULMONARY NODULES; STANDARD-DOSE IMAGES; ULTRA-LOW-DOSE CT;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33745129382     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.649790     Document Type: Conference Paper

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