Quoit filter-a new filter based on mathematical morphology to extract the isolated shadow, and its application to automatic detection of lung cancer in X-ray CT.
Shinji YamamotoMitsuomi MatsumotoYukio TatenoTakeshi IinumaToru MatsumotoPublished in: ICPR (1996)
Keyphrases
- mathematical morphology
- automatic detection
- lung cancer
- lymph nodes
- linear filtering
- morphological filters
- image analysis
- noise reduction
- gray scale
- early detection
- morphological operators
- binary images
- image processing
- edge detection
- cancer diagnosis
- structuring elements
- x ray
- risk factors
- colour images
- lung nodules
- pulmonary nodules
- input image
- color images
- multiscale