A novel three-dimensional framework for automatic lung segmentation from low-dose computed tomography images

Lung Imaging and Computer Aided Diagnosis

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 1-15

  El Baz, Ayman ^a   Gimel'farb, Georgy ^b   Falk, Robert ^c   El Ghar, Mohamed Abo ^d  

^a University of Louisville   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

LOW DOSE; LUNG SEGMENTATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FRAMEWORKS;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 84874586435     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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