Application of the LDM algorithm to identify small lung nodules on low-dose MSCT scans

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5370 II, Issue , 2004, Pages 818-823

  Zhao, Binsheng ^a   Ginsberg, Michelle S ^a   Lefkowitz, Robert A ^a   Jiang, Li ^a   Cooper, Cathleen ^a   Schwartz, Lawrence H ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); Computer aided detection (CAD); Image processing; Local density maximum; Small lung nodule

Indexed keywords

IMAGE SETS; LOCAL DENSITY MAXIMUM; MULTIPLE THRESHOLDING; SMALL LUNG NODULE;

BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; PERSONNEL; PULMONARY DISEASES; TUMORS;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 5644282714     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.535558     Document Type: Conference Paper

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