Detection of anatomical landmarks in human colon from computed tomographic colonography images

Proceedings - International Conference on Pattern Recognition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Chowdhury, A S ^a   Yao, J ^a   VanUitert, R L ^a   Linguraru, M G ^a   Summers, R M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Frenet frame; Fuzzy C means; Haustral fold; Heat diffusion; Tenia coli

Indexed keywords

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; DISEASES; ENDOSCOPY; FUZZY CLUSTERING; FUZZY SYSTEMS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

FRENET FRAME; FUZZY C MEAN; HAUSTRAL FOLD; HEAT DIFFUSIONS; TENIA COLI;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77957911400     PISSN: 10514651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/icpr.2008.4760969     Document Type: Conference Paper

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