Airway segmentation and analysis for the study of mouse models of lung disease using micro-CT

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 7009-7024

  Artaechevarria, X ^a   Perez Martin D ^a   Ceresa, M ^a   De Biurrun, G ^a   Blanco, D ^a   Montuenga, L M ^a   Van Ginneken, B ^b   Ortiz De Solorzano, C ^a   Munoz Barrutia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; AUTOMATED ANALYSIS; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CONSTANT PHASE; FAST-MARCHING; IN-VIVO IMAGING; INPUT IMPEDANCE; INTEROBSERVER VARIABILITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; MANUAL SEGMENTATION; MICRO CT; MOUSE MODELS; RADIUS MEASUREMENTS; RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHMS; SENSITIVITY VALUES; THERAPEUTIC DRUGS; UNDERLYING MECHANISM;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BRONCHUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPHYSEMA; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IN VIVO STUDY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MICE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 72249116051     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/22/017     Document Type: Article

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