Improved 3D live-wire method with application to 3D CT chest image analysis

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6144 I, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Lu, Kongkuo ^a   Higgins, William E ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

3D CT imaging; Image segmentation; Live wire; Pulmonary imaging; Volume analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

LIVE WIRE; PULMONARY IMAGING; REGIONS OF INTERESTS (ROI); VOLUME ANALYSIS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 33745143615     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.651723     Document Type: Conference Paper

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