Scale Invariant Feature Transform as feature tracking method in 4D imaging: A feasibility study

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 6543-6546

  Paganelli, C ^a   Peroni, M ^a   Pennati, F ^a   Baroni, G ^a,b   Summers, P ^c   Bellomi, M ^c   Riboldi, M ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b Centro Nazionale Adroterapia Oncologica CNAO   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4D IMAGES; 4D IMAGING; EXPERT USERS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEATURE-TRACKING; INTERNAL MOTION; LIVER MRI; LUNG CT; SCALE INVARIANT FEATURE TRANSFORMS;

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

ENGINEERING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; LIVER; LUNG; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; LUNG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOVEMENT; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84884182767     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6347493     Document Type: Conference Paper

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