A novel method for pulmonary embolism detection in CTA images

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 757-766

  Özkan, Haydar ^a   Osman, Onur ^b   Şahin, Sinan ^c   Boz, Ali Fuat ^d  

^a FATIH SULTAN MEHMET VAKIF UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL AREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c DR SIYAMI ERSEK THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^d SAKARYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Computed tomography angiography (CTA); Computer aided detection (CAD); Lung segmentation; Lung vessel segmentation; Pulmonary embolism (PE)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY (CTA); COMPUTER AIDED DETECTION (CAD); LUNG SEGMENTATION; LUNG VESSEL SEGMENTATION; PULMONARY EMBOLISM (PE);

ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUNG; MEDIASTINUM; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; PULMONARY VEINS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE DESIGN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER-AIDED DETECTION; LUNG SEGMENTATION; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; VESSEL SEGMENTATION;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING AORTA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN;

EID: 84894276132     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: 18727565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2013.12.014     Document Type: Article

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