Three-dimensional shape analysis using spherical harmonics for early assessment of detected lung nodules

Lung Imaging and Computer Aided Diagnosis

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 421-438

  El Baz, Ayman ^a   Nitzken, Matthew ^a   Gimel'farb, Georgy ^b   Van Bogaert, Eric ^a   Falk, Robert ^c   El Ghar, Mohamed Abo ^d   Suri, Jasjit ^e  

^a University of Louisville   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^e Biomedical Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERS;

LUNG NODULE; SPHERICAL HARMONICS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE;

COMPUTER SCIENCE;

EID: 84874600271     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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