Lung field segmenting in dual-energy subtraction chest X-ray images

Journal of Digital Imaging

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-56

  Alvarez, Robert E ^a  

^a Aprend Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest; Dual energy subtraction; Lung; Segmenting; X ray

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TISSUE; X RAYS;

DUAL-ENERGY SUBTRACTION IMAGES; LUNG; SOFT TISSUES; X-RAY IMAGES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAPHRAGM; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; LUNG; MEDIASTINUM; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THORAX;

HUMANS; LUNG; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RADIOGRAPHY, DUAL-ENERGY SCANNED PROJECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX;

EID: 4344566333     PISSN: 08971889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10278-003-1701-8     Document Type: Article

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