Impact of segmentation uncertainties on computer-aided diagnosis of pulmonary nodules

International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 551-558

  Lee, Michael C ^a   Wiemker, Rafael ^b   Boroczky, Lilla ^a   Sungur Stasik, Kivilcim ^c   Cann, Aaron D ^c   Borczuk, Alain C ^c   Kawut, Steven M ^c   Powell, Charles A ^c  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

^c New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic segmentation; Classifier ensemble; Computer aided diagnosis; Lung cancer; Solitary pulmonary nodule

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GENETIC ALGORITHM; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; LUNG TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 56749104298     PISSN: 18616410     EISSN: 18616429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11548-008-0257-y     Document Type: Article

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