Improved method for predicting polyp location from CT colonography for optical colonoscopy

Proceedings - International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 4365-4368

  Chang, Kevin W ^a   Liu, Jiamin ^a   Yao, Jianhua ^a   Summers, Ronald M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

B spline; Centerline fitting; CT colonography; Optical colonoscopy; Polyp detection

Indexed keywords

B-SPLINE; CENTERLINES; CT COLONOGRAPHY; OPTICAL COLONOSCOPY; POLYP DETECTION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CURVE FITTING; ENDOSCOPY; FORECASTING; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING;

SPLINES;

EID: 78651068007     PISSN: 15224880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICIP.2010.5652341     Document Type: Conference Paper

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