Quantitative evaluation of a pulmonary contour segmentation algorithm in x-ray computed tomography images1

Pulmonary contour extraction from thoracic x-ray computed tomography images is a mandatory preprocessing step in many automated or semiautomated analysis tasks. This study was conducted to quantitatively assess the performance of a method for pulmonary contour extraction and region identification.Ma...

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Main Author: Santos, Beatriz Sousa (author)
Other Authors: Ferreira, Carlos (author), Silva, José Silvestre (author), Silva, Augusto (author), Teixeira, Luísa (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2004
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10316/4443
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:estudogeral.sib.uc.pt:10316/4443
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Summary:Pulmonary contour extraction from thoracic x-ray computed tomography images is a mandatory preprocessing step in many automated or semiautomated analysis tasks. This study was conducted to quantitatively assess the performance of a method for pulmonary contour extraction and region identification.Materials and methods