Automated segmentation of pulmonary structures in thoracic computed tomography scans: A review

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 17, 2013, Pages

  Van Rikxoort, Eva M ^a   Van Ginneken, Bram ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED SEGMENTATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN; DEGREE OF AUTOMATION; PULMONARY STRUCTURE; PULMONARY VASCULATURE; SEGMENTATION METHODS; STATE OF THE ART; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AUTOMATION; PULMONARY DISEASES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

AUTOMATION; BLOOD VESSEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUNG; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VASCULARIZATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

AUTOMATION; BLOOD VESSELS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84883170976     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/58/17/R187     Document Type: Review

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