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Titel:

Automatic Mediastinal Lymph Node Detection in Chest CT

Dokumenttyp:
Konferenzbeitrag
Autor(en):
Feuerstein, M.; Deguchi, D.; Kitasaka, T.; Iwano, S.; Imaizumi, K.; Hasegawa, Y.; Suenaga, Y.; Mori, K.
Abstract:
Computed tomography (CT) of the chest is a very common staging investigation for the assessment of mediastinal lymph nodes in the context of lung cancer. In the current clinical workflow, the detection and assessment of lymph nodes is usually performed manually, which can be error-prone and time-consuming. We therefore propose a method for the automatic detection of mediastinal lymph node candidates in contrast-enhanced chest CT. Based on the segmentation of important mediastinal anatomy (bronc...     »
Stichworte:
CAMP,Medicine,ComputerAidedSurgery,MedicalImaging,Seg,SPIE
Kongress- / Buchtitel:
SPIE Medical Imaging
Verlagsort:
Orlando, Florida, USA
Jahr:
2009
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