Automated lung segmentation algorithm for CAD system of thoracic CT

Journal of Medical Colleges of PLA

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 215-222

  Lei, Cao ^a   Xiaojian, Li ^a   Jie, Zhan ^a   Wufan, Chen ^a  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Automated thresholding; Computer aided diagnostic system; Lung segmentation; Thoracic CT; Watershed segmentation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 77950158257     PISSN: 10001948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1000-1948(08)60045-3     Document Type: Article

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