Image processing for synthesizing lung nodules: A experimental study

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1238-1242

  Raghava, N S ^a   Kumar, G Senthil ^a,b  

^a DELHI TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Computed tomography image (CT); Lung cancer; Matlab; Synthetic nodules

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATLAB; MESH GENERATION; TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGES; COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY IMAGES; GAUSSIAN STRUCTURE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; MATLAB- SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS; SYNTHETIC NODULES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 41949116469     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2006.1238.1242     Document Type: Article

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