Lung tumor delineation in PET-CT images based on a new segmentation energy

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 3202-3205

  Ballangan, Cherry ^a,b   Wang, Xiuying ^c   Feng, Dagan ^d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b PETRA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d BMIT Research Group   (Australia)

^e HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^f SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TUMORS;

CHEST WALL; CLOSE PROXIMITY; CT IMAGE; LUNG TUMOR; PATIENT MANAGEMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET); TUMOR DELINEATION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84863348167     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2011.6153657     Document Type: Conference Paper

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