A statistical approach for robust polyp detection in CT colonography

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

Volumn 7 VOLS, Issue , 2005, Pages 2523-2526

  Chowdhury, Tarik A ^a   Ghita, Ovidiu ^a   Whelan, Paul F ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; HOUGH TRANSFORMS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER-AIDED DETECTION; CONVEXITY TEST; POLYPS; STATISTICAL FEATURES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33846927316     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2005.1616982     Document Type: Conference Paper

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