3D MGRF-based appearance modeling for robust segmentation of pulmonary nodules in 3D LDCT chest images

Lung Imaging and Computer Aided Diagnosis

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 51-63

  El Baz, Ayman ^a   Gimel'farb, Georgy ^b   Falk, Robert ^c   El Ghar, Mohamed Abo ^d  

^a University of Louisville ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTERS;

APPEARANCE MODELING; CHEST IMAGE; PULMONARY NODULES; ROBUST SEGMENTATION;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 85052765414     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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