Deformable lung registration between exhale and inhale CT scans using active cells in a combined gradient force approach

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 4307-4317

  Yim, Yeny ^a   Hong, Helen ^b   Shin, Yeong Gil ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul Women University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

deformable registration; demons algorithm; exhale and inhale CT; lung

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DEFORMATION; MOTION TRACKING;

DEFORMABLE REGISTRATION; DEGREE OF DEFORMATIONS; LUNG; NORMALIZED CROSS CORRELATION; OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT; SIMILARITY COEFFICIENTS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXHALATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; INHALATION; LUNG; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY GATED IMAGING; YOUNG MODULUS;

ALGORITHMS; ELASTIC MODULUS; EXHALATION; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INHALATION; LUNG; RESPIRATORY-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78149478710     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3460316     Document Type: Article

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