Automated pulmonary nodule detection system in computed tomography images: A hierarchical block classification approach

Entropy

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 507-523

  Choi, Wook Jin ^a   Choi, Tae Sun ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Block classification; CAD; lung CT; Nodule detection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874760366     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10994300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/e15020507     Document Type: Article

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