CAD system for quantitative evaluation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease based on 3-D CT images

International Congress Series

Volumn 1256, Issue C, 2003, Pages 1049-1054

  Mori, Kensaku ^a   Aiguchi, Takahisa ^a   Ikezaki, Masakazu ^a   Kitasaka, Takayuki ^a   Suenaga, Yasuhito ^a   Toriwaki, Jun ichiro ^b   Mori, Masaki ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHUKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Sapporo Kosei General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 D image processing; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Distance transformation; Pulmonary emphysema

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748955837     PISSN: 05315131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5131(03)00426-6     Document Type: Article

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