Automated lung segmentation and smoothing techniques for inclusion of juxtapleural nodules and pulmonary vessels on chest CT images.
Shengjun ZhouYuanzhi ChengShinichi TamuraPublished in: Biomed. Signal Process. Control. (2014)
Keyphrases
- level set
- ct images
- ct scans
- computed tomography
- pulmonary nodules
- lung parenchyma
- lung nodules
- automated segmentation
- medical images
- airway tree
- lung cancer
- chest radiographs
- medical imaging
- image segmentation
- nodule detection
- computer aided
- lymph nodes
- anatomical structures
- ct data
- low dose
- x ray
- computer tomography
- liver segmentation
- pet ct
- ground glass opacity
- treatment planning
- region of interest
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- fracture detection
- fully automated
- completely automated
- contrast enhanced
- image analysis
- imaging modalities
- rigid registration
- computer aided diagnosis
- image reconstruction
- clinical applications