Improved classification of pulmonary nodules by automated detection of benign subpleural lymph nodes

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

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 494-497

  Klik, M A J ^a   Rikxoort, E M V ^a   Peters, J F ^b   Gietema, H A ^c   Prokop, M ^c   Ginneken, B V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISSURE VOXELS; LUNG NODULES; PERIFISSURAL OPACITIES (PFO); SUBPLEURAL LYMPH NODES;

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT TREATMENT;

PULMONARY DISEASES;

EID: 33750965256     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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