A hybrid approach for automated detection of lung nodules in CT images

2006 3rd IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro - Proceedings

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 506-509

  Dehmeshki, J ^a   Ye, X ^a   Casique, M V ^a   Lin, X Y ^a  

^a Medicsight   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTIMIZATION;

AUTOMATED DETECTION; FALSE POSITIVES (FP); LUNG NODULES;

PULMONARY DISEASES;

EID: 33750935293     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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