Classification of lung nodules in diagnostic CT: an approach based on 3D vascular features, nodule density distribution, and shape features.
Shih-Chung Benedict LoLi-Yueh HsuMatthew T. FreedmanYuan Ming Fleming LureHui ZhaoPublished in: Medical Imaging: Image Processing (2003)
Keyphrases
- lung nodules
- benign and malignant
- shape features
- ct images
- computerized tomography
- feature vectors
- computer aided diagnosis
- density distribution
- x ray images
- cad systems
- invariant moments
- low dose
- texture features
- nodule detection
- pulmonary nodules
- computed tomography
- shape matching
- feature set
- lung cancer
- image features
- medical images
- shape descriptors
- feature extraction
- feature space
- medical imaging
- computer aided
- blood vessels
- imaging modalities
- prior knowledge
- pattern recognition
- training data
- machine learning