Computer-aided detection and analysis of pulmonary nodule from CT images: A survey

IETE Technical Review (Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers, India)

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 265-275

  Dhara, Ashis Kumar ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Sudipta ^a   Khandelwal, Niranjan ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Characterization; Computer tomography; Computer aided diagnosis; Nodule; Nodule detection; Volumetric analysis

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS SYSTEM; AUTOMATED DETECTION; COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY IMAGES; COMPUTER-AIDED DETECTION; CT IMAGE; FALSE-POSITIVE REDUCTION; LUNG CANCER; NODULE; NODULE DETECTION; PULMONARY NODULE DETECTION; PULMONARY NODULES; RESEARCH TRENDS;

CHARACTERIZATION; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84872565352     PISSN: 02564602     EISSN: 09745971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0256-4602.101306     Document Type: Review

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