Chest X-ray analysis for computer-aided diagnostic

Communications in Computer and Information Science

Volumn 133 CCIS, Issue PART 3, 2011, Pages 300-309

  Le, Kim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Automated disease diagnosis; Cancer; Chest X ray analysis; Computer aided diagnosis; Tuberculosis and heart failure; Watershed segmentation

Indexed keywords

CAD SYSTEM; CANCER; CHEST X-RAY IMAGE; CLASSICAL METHODS; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSTICS; DISEASE DIAGNOSIS; HEART FAILURE; MEDICAL DOCTORS; MEDICAL EXPERTS; WATERSHED SEGMENTATION;

CARDIOLOGY; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SCIENCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; MEDICAL IMAGING; TUBES (COMPONENTS); X RAY ANALYSIS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84858821155     PISSN: 18650929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-17881-8_29     Document Type: Conference Paper

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