Automatic recognition of lung lobes and fissures from multi-slice CT images

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5370 III, Issue , 2004, Pages 1629-1633

  Zhou, Xiangrong ^a   Hayashi, Tatsuro ^a   Hara, Takeshi ^a   Fujita, Hiroshi ^a   Yokoyama, Ryujiro ^b   Kiryu, Takuji ^b   Hoshi, Hiroaki ^b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 D image processing; Inter lobe fissure; Lung lobe; Multi slice CT images

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; EDGE DETECTION; FUZZY SETS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PULMONARY DISEASES;

3-D IMAGE PROCESSING; INTER-LOBE FISSURES; LUNG LOBE; MULTI-SLICE CT IMAGES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 5644259653     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.534498     Document Type: Conference Paper

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