Algorithm of pulmonary emphysema extraction using low dose thoracic 3-D CT images

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6143 II, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Saita, S ^a   Kubo, M ^a   Kawata, Y ^a   Niki, N ^a   Nakano, Y ^b   Omatsu, H ^c   Tominaga, K ^d   Eguchi, K ^e   Moriyama, N ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

^d Tochigi Public Health Service Association   (Japan)

^e TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Emphysematous; LAA; Low dose; Thoracic 3 D CT images

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RADIOLOGY;

EMPHYSEMATOUS; LAA; LOW DOSE; THORACIC 3-D CT IMAGES;

PULMONARY DISEASES;

EID: 33745412555     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.654203     Document Type: Conference Paper

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