The effect of nodule segmentation on the accuracy of computerized lung nodule detection on CT scans: Comparison on a data set annotated by multiple radiologists

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6514, Issue PART 1, 2007, Pages

  Sahiner, Berkman ^a,b   Hadjiiski, Lubomir M ^a   Chan, Heang Ping ^a   Shi, Jiazheng ^a   Way, Ted ^a   Cascade, Philip N ^a   Kazerooni, Ella A ^a   Zhou, Chuan ^a   Wei, Jun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CGC B2102 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Computer aided diagnosis; CT; False positive reduction; Lung nodules; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

3D ACTIVE CONTOUR (AC); COMPUTERIZED NODULE DETECTION SYSTEMS; FALSE-POSITIVE REDUCTION; LUNG NODULES;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PATIENT TREATMENT; PULMONARY DISEASES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 35248860296     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.713771     Document Type: Conference Paper

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