Shape analysis of pulmonary nodules based on thin section CT images

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3034, Issue , 1997, Pages 964-974

  Kawata, Yoshiki ^a   Niki, Noboru ^a   Ohmatsu, Hironobu ^b   Eguchi, Kenji ^c   Moriyama, Noriyuki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; Feature extraction; Small pulmonary nodule; Thin section CT

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

CT IMAGES; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACIES; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY STAGES; LUNG LESIONS; SHAPE ANALYSIS; SHAPE CHARACTERIZATIONS; SMALL PULMONARY NODULE; SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS; THIN SECTION CT;

FEATURE EXTRACTION;

EID: 57649227433     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.274185     Document Type: Conference Paper

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