A segmentation method of lung areas by using snakes and automatic detection of abnormal shadow on the areas

International Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 277-284

  Itai, Yoshinori ^a   Kim, Hyoungseop ^a   Ishikawa, Seiji ^a   Yamamoto, Akiyoshi ^b   Nakamura, Katsumi ^b  

^a KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Kyoaikai Tobata Kyoritsu Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computer aided diagnosis; Ground glass opacity; Region of interest; Segmentation; SNAKES; Thorax MDCT

Indexed keywords

EID: 60849107512     PISSN: 13494198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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