Towards computer aided emphysema quantification on ultra-low-dose CT: Reproducibility of ventrodorsal gravity effect measurement and correction

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6514, Issue PART 1, 2007, Pages

  Wiemker, Rafael ^a   Opfer, Roland ^a   Bülow, Thomas ^a   Rogalla, Patrik ^b   Steinberg, Amnon ^c,d   Dharaiya, Ekta ^c,d   Subramanyan, Krishna ^c,d  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Computer aided diagnosis; Computer aided quantification; Emphysema; Low dose CT

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA REDUCTION; PATIENT TREATMENT; PULMONARY DISEASES;

EMPHYSEMA QUANTIFICATION; HIGH RESOLUTION CT DATA; ROBUST FITTING; VENTRODORSAL GRAVITY EFFECT;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 35248849896     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.705868     Document Type: Conference Paper

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