Auto-detection of non-isolated pulmonary nodules connected to the chest walls in X-ray CT images

ICCAS-SICE 2009 - ICROS-SICE International Joint Conference 2009, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 3672-3675

  Shimoyama, Satoshi ^a   Homma, Noriyasu ^b   Sakai, Masao ^b   Ishibashi, Tadashi ^a   Yoshizawa, Makoto ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active contour; Computer aided diagnosis; Lung cancer; Lung nodule; X ray CT

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CONTOUR MODEL; ACTIVE CONTOURS; ANATOMICAL FEATURES; AUTO-DETECTION; CAD SYSTEM; CHEST WALL; CONTOUR MODELS; CT IMAGE; LOCAL OPTIMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; PULMONARY NODULES; X RAY CT IMAGES; X-RAY CT;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 77951145284     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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