Contour detection by using radial searching for CT images

Proceedings of the IEEE/EMBS Region 8 International Conference on Information Technology Applications in Biomedicine, ITAB

Volumn 2003-January, Issue , 2003, Pages 346-349

  Xu, W ^a   Amin, S A ^a   Haas, O C L ^b   Burnham, K J ^c   Mills, J A ^d  

^a BIOCORE   (United Kingdom)

^b Biomedical Engineering Research Group   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL COVENTRY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

line profile; Radial searching; rule based

Indexed keywords

IMAGE PROCESSING; MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING; MEDICAL IMAGING;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGES; CONTOUR DETECTION; LINE PROFILES; LOW CONTRAST; NOISE SUPPRESSION; RADIAL SEARCHING; RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING; RULE BASED;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 35048864532     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ITAB.2003.1222550     Document Type: Conference Paper

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