New selective nodule enhancement filter and its application for significant improvement of nodule detection on computed tomography

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5370 I, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-9

  Li, Qiang ^a   Doi, Kunio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); Computer aided diagnosis (CAD); Nodule detection; Nodule enhancement

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIOLOGY; TUMORS; WAVE FILTERS;

COMPUTER TOOGRAPHY (CT); LUNG CANCER; NODULE DETECTION; NODULE ENHANCEMENT;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 5644232874     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.535802     Document Type: Conference Paper

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