A segmentation method of lung cavities using region aided geometric snakes

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 419-433

  Osareh, Alireza ^a   Shadgar, Bita ^a  

^a SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Image segmentation; Lung cavities; Magnetic resonance images; Radiotherapy planning; Snakes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA BASE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; LUNG CAVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ALGORITHM; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUNG; PROCEDURES; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 77956056953     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-009-9255-z     Document Type: Article

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