Automatic measurement of oblique-oriented airway dimension at volumetric CT: Effect of imaging parameters and obliquity of airway with FWHM method using a physical phantom

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6512, Issue PART 3, 2007, Pages

  Kim, Namkug ^a,b   Seo, Joon Beom ^a   Song, Koun Sik ^a   Kang, Suk Ho ^b  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Airway obliquity; Airway wall measurement; CT imaging parameters; Full half at width maximum

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA STRUCTURES; FOAMS; FULL WIDTH AT HALF MAXIMUM; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POLYURETHANES;

AIRWAY OBLIQUITY; AIRWAY WALL MEASUREMENTS; CT IMAGING PARAMETERS; IMAGING PARAMETERS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 36249011967     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.710291     Document Type: Conference Paper

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