Extraction and visualization of the central chest lymph-node stations

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6915, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Lu, Kongkuo ^a   Merritt, Scott A ^a   Higgins, William E ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

3D CT imaging; CAD; Live wire; Lung cancer; Lymph node; Regional nodal station; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

LYMPH NODES; REGIONAL NODAL STATION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 44349096244     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.768691     Document Type: Conference Paper

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