Segmenting anatomy in chest x-rays for tuberculosis screening

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 7779-7782

  Karargyris, Alexandros ^a   Antani, Sameer ^a   Thoma, George ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMIC STRUCTURES; CHEST RADIOGRAPHS; DETECTION SCHEME; LUNG REGIONS; REDUCED COST; REGION-BASED; SCREENING SYSTEM; TUBERCULOSIS INFECTION; UNIFIED METHOD; WAVELET FEATURES;

HEALTH CARE; MEDICINE;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; LUNG; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; X RAY;

HUMANS; LUNG; MASS SCREENING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SOFTWARE; THORAX; TUBERCULOSIS; X-RAYS;

EID: 84861686489     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6091917     Document Type: Conference Paper

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