Contextual computer-aided detection: Improving bright lesion detection in retinal images and coronary calcification identification in CT scans

Medical Image Analysis

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 50-62

  Sánchez, Clara I ^a,b   Niemeijer, Meindert ^a,c   Išgum, Ivana ^a   Dumitrescu, Alina ^d   Suttorp Schulten, Maria S A ^e   Abràmoff, Michael D ^c,d   van Ginneken, Bram ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c IA United States   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^e ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computed tomography scans; Computer aided detection; Contextual information; Coronary calcifications; Retinal images

Indexed keywords

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN; COMPUTER-AIDED DETECTION; CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION; CORONARY CALCIFICATIONS; RETINAL IMAGE;

BIOMINERALIZATION; BONE; CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; HEART; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPHTHALMOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUSEN; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETINA; RETINA ANGIOGRAPHY; RETINA EXUDATE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINOSCOPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 82355169849     PISSN: 13618415     EISSN: 13618423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2011.05.004     Document Type: Article

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