Smoothing lung segmentation surfaces in 3D X-ray CT images using anatomic guidance

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5370 II, Issue , 2004, Pages 1066-1075

  Ukil, Soumik ^a   Reinhardt, Joseph M ^a,b  

^a IA United States   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Image segmentation; Lung segmentation; Pulmonary airways; X ray CT

Indexed keywords

ANATOMIC GUIDANCE; LUNG SEGMENTATION; PULMONARY AIRWAYS; X-RAY CT;

BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; RADIOGRAPHY;

PULMONARY DISEASES;

EID: 5644266180     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.536891     Document Type: Conference Paper

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