Lung nodules detection by ensemble classification

Conference Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 324-329

  Kouzani, A Z ^a   Lee, S L A ^a   Hu, E J ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Classification; Detection; Ensemble learning; Lung images; Nodule; Random forest

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; DETECTION; ENSEMBLE LEARNING; LUNG IMAGES; NODULE; RANDOM FOREST;

CONTROL THEORY; CYBERNETICS; DECISION TREES;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

EID: 69949136916     PISSN: 1062922X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSMC.2008.4811296     Document Type: Conference Paper

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