Leakage suppression in human airway tree segmentation using shape optimization based on fuzzy connectivity method

International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 71-84

  Rizi, Fereshteh Yousefi ^a   Ahmadian, Alireza ^b,c   Rezaie, Nader ^b   Iranmanesh, Seyed Amir ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

center estimation; chest CT images; fuzzy connectivity; human airway segmentation; shape optimization

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY TREES; AIRWAY WALLS; BOUNDARY EDGES; CENTER ESTIMATIONS; CHEST CT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CT IMAGE; CYLINDRICAL AXIS; CYLINDRICAL SHAPES; ERROR TERMS; FUZZY CONNECTIVITY; FUZZY REGION; HIGH SENSITIVITY; HUMAN AIRWAY; HUMAN LUNG; IMAGE DATA; IMAGE-GUIDED; IMAGING ARTIFACTS; LEAKAGE SUPPRESSION; LOCAL MINIMUMS; MEDICAL IMAGES; MULTIDETECTOR CT; NO LEAKAGES; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; PARTIAL DERIVATIVES; POLAR ANGLES; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; REAL IMAGES; SEGMENTATION ACCURACY; SEGMENTATION ALGORITHMS; SEGMENTATION PROCESS; SEGMENTATION SCHEME; SEGMENTED REGIONS; SHAPE BASED; TWO PARTS;

ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COST FUNCTIONS; ENDOSCOPY; FORESTRY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTERS; COSTS; ESTIMATION; FUZZY LOGIC; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEAKAGE; OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84874228675     PISSN: 08999457     EISSN: 10981098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ima.22040     Document Type: Article

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