An algorithm for the extraction of pulmonary fissures from low-dose multislice CT image

Systems and Computers in Japan

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 63-76

  Saita, Shinsuke ^a   Kubo, Mitsuru ^a   Kawata, Yoshiki ^a   Niki, Noboru ^a   Ohmatsu, Hironobu ^b   Moriyama, Noriyuki ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Emphasis of sheet shadow; Lung fissure; Lung region; Multislice CT image

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; THIN FILMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VECTORS;

EMPHASIS OF SHEET SHADOW; LUNG FISSURE; LUNG REGION; MULTISLICE CT IMAGE;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33746154206     PISSN: 08821666     EISSN: 1520684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/scj.20167     Document Type: Article

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