Upper airway segmentation and dimensions estimation from cone-beam CT image datasets

International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 177-186

  Shi, Hongjian ^a   Scarfe, William C ^a   Farman, Allan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway; Computed tomography; Cone beam; Image segmentation; Pharynx

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751416406     PISSN: 18616410     EISSN: 18616429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11548-006-0050-8     Document Type: Article

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