Analysis of image features of histograms of edge gradient for false positive reduction in lung nodule detection in chest radiographs

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3338, Issue , 1998, Pages 318-326

  Xu, Xin Wei ^a   Katsuragawa, Shigehiko ^a   Ashizawa, Kazuto ^b   MacMahon, Heber ^a   Doi, Kunio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computer aided diagnosis (CAD); Edge gradients; False positive; Histogram analysis; Lung nodule

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; EDGE DETECTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY;

COMPUTER-AIDED DIAGNOSIS (CAD); EDGE GRADIENTS; FALSE POSITIVE; HISTOGRAM ANALYSIS; LUNG NODULE;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 60849118976     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.310908     Document Type: Conference Paper

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