Nonlinear regression-based method for pseudoenhancement correction in CT colonography

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3596-3606

  Tsagaan, Baigalmaa ^a   Näppi, Janne ^a   Yoshida, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast agent; Hyperattenuation; Polyp detection; Polyp measurement; Virtual colonoscopy

Indexed keywords

ENDOSCOPY; PHANTOMS; TISSUE;

ADAPTIVE MULTIRESOLUTION METHODS; CONTRAST AGENT; HYPERATTENUATION; NELDER-MEAD DOWNHILL SIMPLICES; NON-LINEAR REGRESSION; POLYP DETECTION; SOFT-TISSUE REGIONS; VIRTUAL COLONOSCOPY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACCURACY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; NONLINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

EID: 68149181750     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3147201     Document Type: Article

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