A CAD system for nodule detection in low-dose lung CTs based on region growing and a new active contour model

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4901-4910

  Bellotti, R ^a   De Carlo, F ^a   Gargano, G ^a   Tangaro, S ^a   Cascio, D ^b   Catanzariti, E ^c   Cerello, P ^d   Cheran, S C ^e   Delogu, P ^f   De Mitri, I ^g   Fulcheri, C ^h   Grosso, D ^e   Retico, A ⁱ   Squarcia, S ^e   Tommasi, E ^a   Golosio, Bruno ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d SEZIONE DI TORINO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

ⁱ INFN SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Computed tomography; Computer aided diagnosis (CAD); Image processing; Image segmentation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; ITERATIVE METHODS;

ACTIVE CONTOUR MODEL; COMPUTER AIDED DETECTION SYSTEMS; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS(CAD); COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY IMAGES; DETECTION RATES; DOUBLE THRESHOLD; NODULE DETECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG VOLUME; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 36649028681     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2804720     Document Type: Article

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