Fast volumetric registration method for tumor follow-up in pulmonary CT exams

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 362-375

  Silva, José Silvestre ^a   Cancela, João ^a   Teixeira, Luísa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

3D image registration; Computed tomography; Lung tumors; Similarity metrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960505847     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v12i2.3450     Document Type: Article

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