Level-set segmentation of pulmonary nodules in megavolt electronic portal images using a CT prior

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 5703-5710

  Schildkraut, J S ^a   Prosser, N ^b   Savakis, A ^b   Gomez, J ^c   Nazareth, D ^c   Singh, A K ^c   Malhotra, H K ^c  

^a CARESTREAM HEALTH INC   (United States)

^b ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

computed tomography; computer aided detection; digitally reconstructed radiograph; electronic portal imaging device; graphical processing unit; level set segmentation; pulmonary nodule; radiation oncology

Indexed keywords

GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; ONCOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY;

COMPUTER AIDED DETECTION; DIGITALLY RECONSTRUCTED RADIOGRAPHS; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICES; GRAPHICAL PROCESSING UNIT (GPUS); LEVEL SET SEGMENTATION; PULMONARY NODULES; RADIATION ONCOLOGY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ISRAEL TURKEY MENINGOENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS;

EID: 78149438158     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3495538     Document Type: Article

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