Automatic segmentation and measurement of the lungs in healthy persons and in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in CT images

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 18, Issue , 2008, Pages 370-373

  Felix, John Hebert Silva ^a   Cortez, P C ^a   Holanda, M A ^a   Costa, R C S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Disease; Lungs; Measurement; Region growing; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MEASUREMENTS;

AUTOMATIC CLASSIFICATION; AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATIONS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE; IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; LUNGS; REGION GROWING; REGION GROWING METHODS; THORACIC STRUCTURES;

PULMONARY DISEASES;

EID: 57049182170     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-74471-9_85     Document Type: Conference Paper

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