Scale-based scatter correction for computer-aided polyp detection in CT colonography

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 5664-5671

  Liu, Jiamin ^a   Yao, Jianhua ^a   Summers, Ronald M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer aided detection; CT colonography; Polyp detection; Scale; Scatter correction

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; ENDOSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; TISSUE;

COMPUTER AIDED DETECTION; CT COLONOGRAPHY; POLYP DETECTION; SCALE; SCATTER CORRECTION;

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 56749171206     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3013552     Document Type: Article

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