Fully automatic detection and quantification of emphysema on thin section MD-CT of the chest by a new and dedicated software;Vollautomatische detektion und quantifizierung des lungenemphysems in dünnschicht-MD-CT des thorax durch eine neue, speziell entwickelte software

RoFo Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Rontgenstrahlen und der Bildgebenden Verfahren

Volumn 176, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1409-1415

  Achenbach, T ^a   Weinheimer, O ^a   Buschsieweke, C ^a   Heussel, C P ^a   Thelen, M ^a   Kauczor, H U ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bronchi, CT; Computed tomography (CT), computer programs; Computers, diagnostic aid; Emphysema, pulmonary; Lung, CT

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUNG BULLA; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BRONCHOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 6044240479     PISSN: 14389029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-813530     Document Type: Article

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