Segmentation of Pulmonary Nodules in Thoracic CT Scans: A Region Growing Approach.
Jamshid DehmeshkiHamdan AminManlio Valdivieso CasiqueXujiong YePublished in: IEEE Trans. Medical Imaging (2008)
Keyphrases
- region growing
- ct scans
- pulmonary nodules
- ct images
- segmentation algorithm
- computer aided detection
- segmentation method
- x ray
- image segmentation
- computed tomography
- computer aided diagnosis
- segmentation result
- edge detection
- edge information
- computer tomography
- color image segmentation
- computer aided
- vessel segmentation
- ct data
- rigid registration
- medical images
- region of interest
- seeded region growing
- lung cancer
- medical imaging
- accurate segmentation
- seed points
- treatment planning
- medical image processing
- active contour model
- image analysis
- x ray images
- automatic segmentation
- seed selection
- computer vision
- three dimensional
- decision trees