Automatic patient table removal in CT images

Journal of Digital Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 480-485

  Zhu, Yang Ming ^a   Cochoff, Steven M ^a   Sukalac, Ronald ^a  

^a PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Hough transform; Patient table

Indexed keywords

AXIAL PLANES; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CT IMAGE; IMAGING APPLICATIONS; MULTIPLE VENDORS; PATIENT TABLE; ROBUST TECHNIQUE; SAGITTAL PLANE; TABLE DESIGN; USER INTERACTION;

HOUGH TRANSFORMS; MEDICAL IMAGING;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXAMINATION TABLE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY;

ARTIFACTS; EXAMINATION TABLES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84865369987     PISSN: 08971889     EISSN: 1618727X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10278-012-9454-x     Document Type: Article

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