Automated estimation of the upper surface of the diaphragm in 3-D CT images

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 351-353

  Zhou, Xiangrong ^a   Ninomiya, Hiroaki ^a   Hara, Takeshi ^a   Fujita, Hiroshi ^a   Yokoyama, Ryujiro ^b   Chen, Huayue ^a   Kiryu, Takuji ^b   Hoshi, Hiroaki ^b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computer aided diagnosis (CAD); Diaphragm; Segmentation; Three dimensional (3 D) image processing; X ray torso CT images

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAPHRAGMS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AUTOMATED ESTIMATION; DIAPHRAGM SURFACEA; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3-D) IMAGE PROCESSING; X-RAY TORSO CT IMAGES;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENSITY; DIAPHRAGM; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; SURFACE PROPERTY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDITY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CHILD; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 37349031544     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2007.899337     Document Type: Article

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