Evaluation of airway measurements in phantom parenchyma and soft tissue regions

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6916, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Ochs, Robert A ^a   Kim, Hyun J ^a   Goldin, Jonathan G ^a   McNitt Gray, Michael F ^a   Brown, Matthew S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway morphometry; Computed tomography

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY MEASUREMENTS; AIRWAY MORPHOMETRY; PARENCHYMA;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ACQUISITION; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

TISSUE;

EID: 44349092378     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.770660     Document Type: Conference Paper

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