A set of image processing algorithms for computer-aided diagnosis in nuclear medicine whole body bone scan images

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 514-522

  Huang, Jia Yann ^b   Kao, Pan Fu ^c   Chen, Yung Sheng ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Taiwan)

^b YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Automatic lesion detection; Computer aided diagnosis (CAD); Fuzzy sets; Image segmentation; Whole body bone scan

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC LESION DETECTION; BODY BONE SCAN IMAGES; COMPUTER-AIDED AUTOMATIC LESION DETECTION SYSTEM; HISTOGRAM THRESHOLDING;

ALGORITHMS; FUZZY SETS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; NUCLEAR MEDICINE;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 34250748906     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2007.897830     Document Type: Article

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