Automatic lung fields segmentation in CT scans using morphological operation and anatomical information

Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 335-340

  Lai, Jun ^a   Wei, Qingjie ^a  

^a CQUPT   (China)

Author keywords

junction region; lobar fissure; lung fields; morphological operation; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL INFORMATION; AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATIONS; CT (COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY); JUNCTION REGION; LOBAR FISSURE; LUNG FIELDS; MORPHOLOGICAL CLOSING OPERATION; MORPHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BLOOD VESSELS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANATOMIC LANDMARK; AUTOMATIC LUNG FIELD SEGMENTATION; BLOOD VESSEL; BRONCHUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FILTRATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX WALL;

JUNCTION REGION; LOBAR FISSURE; LUNG FIELDS; MORPHOLOGICAL OPERATION; SEGMENTATION;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD VESSELS; BRONCHI; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACHEA;

EID: 84891056309     PISSN: 09592989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/BME-130815     Document Type: Conference Paper

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