Automated extraction of aorta and pulmonary artery in mediastinum from 3D chest x-ray CT images without contrast medium.
Takayuki KitasakaKensaku MoriJun-ichi HasegawaJun-ichiro ToriwakiKazuhiro KatadaPublished in: Medical Imaging: Image Processing (2002)
Keyphrases
- lung cancer
- pulmonary nodules
- lung parenchyma
- lymph nodes
- thoracic ct images
- x ray
- x ray images
- automatic segmentation
- lung cancer patients
- coronary artery
- ct scans
- pet ct
- cancer diagnosis
- airway tree
- ct images
- blood flow
- neural network
- computed tomography
- computer aided
- chest radiographs
- lung nodules
- medical domain
- contrast enhancement
- risk factors