Quantitative analysis of the central-chest lymph nodes based on 3D MDCT image data

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7260, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Kongkuo, Lu ^a   Higgins, William E ^a   Bascom, Rebecca ^b   Mahraj, Rickhesvar P M ^c  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer aided diagnosis; Lung cancer staging; lymph node; MDCT imaging; Mountain stations; Pulmonary imaging

Indexed keywords

LUNG CANCER STAGING; LYMPH NODE; MDCT IMAGING; MOUNTAIN STATIONS; PULMONARY IMAGING;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BODY FLUIDS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; LANDFORMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 66749137068     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.811040     Document Type: Conference Paper

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