Dual-modality PET-CT visualization using real-time volume rendering and image fusion with interactive 3D segmentation of anatomical structures

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 7 VOLS, Issue , 2005, Pages 642-645

  Jinman, Kim ^a,b,c   Weidong, Cai ^a,b   Dagan, Feng ^a,b,c  

^a IEEE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL INFORMATION; DUAL MODALITY SCANNERS; HUMAN BODY; IMAGE DIMENSIONS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA ACQUISITION; DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; VISUALIZATION;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 33846903335     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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