An automatic method for colon segmentation in CT colonography

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 325-331

  Bert, Alberto ^a   Dmitriev, Ivan ^b   Agliozzo, Silvano ^a   Pietrosemoli, Natalia ^b   Mandelkern, Mark ^c   Gallo, Teresa ^d   Regge, Daniele ^d  

^a Im3D SpA   (Italy)

^b ISI FOUNDATION   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CANDIOLO CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

CAD; Colon cancer; CT colonography; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC METHODS; CAD; COLON CANCER; COLON SEGMENTATIONS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; COMPUTER-AIDED DETECTIONS; CT COLONOGRAPHY; CT SCANS; GROWING CONDITIONS; LOCAL VARIATIONS; MULTI-STAGE APPROACHES; PARAMETER SETTINGS; REGION-GROWING; SEGMENTATION; SELF-ADJUSTING; TISSUE BOUNDARIES; VISUAL SEGMENTATIONS;

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; D REGION; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON; COLON POLYP; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COLON; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 62949108291     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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