Automated lung segmentation for chest CT images used for computer aided diagnostics

Qinghua Daxue Xuebao/Journal of Tsinghua University

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 90-95

  Yuan, Kehong ^a   Xiang, Lanxi ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

2 D convex hull; Automated segmentation; Chest computed tomography (CT) images; Computer aided diagnosis (CAD); Lung nodules

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED SEGMENTATION; BORDER EXTRACTION; CAD SYSTEM; CHEST CT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSTICS; CONVEX HULL; DETECTION OF LUNG NODULES; JUXTAPLEURAL NODULES; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; LUNG NODULES; LUNG SEGMENTATION; PRE-PROCESSING STEP; SEGMENTATION ACCURACY; SEGMENTATION METHODS; THRESHOLD STRATEGY;

AUTOMATION; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; HULLS (SHIP); IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 79952558687     PISSN: 10000054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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