• DocumentCode
    3569322
  • Title

    Enhancement of lung nodules through stereo image processing

  • Author

    Frye, Richard E. ; Ledley, Robert S.

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Biomed. Res. Found., Georgetown Univ. Med. Center, Washington, DC, USA
  • fYear
    1994
  • Firstpage
    708
  • Abstract
    The lack of sensitivity of chest radiographs to cancer nodules of the lung is in part due to lung parenchyma and bone obscuring nodule features. A stereo image processing technique, the cut-plane procedure, is designed to eliminate voxels in planes perpendicular to the line of sight. However, this procedure does not perform adequately when applied to medical images. The authors present some modifications which improve the performance of this procedure; examples are shown
  • Keywords
    diagnostic radiography; image enhancement; lung; medical image processing; stereo image processing; bone obscuring nodule features; chest radiographs; cut-plane procedure; lung nodules enhancement; lung parenchyma; medical diagnostic imaging; perpendicular planes; stereo image processing technique; voxels elimination; Biomedical imaging; Bones; Cancer; Cancer detection; Diagnostic radiography; Image processing; Lungs; Materials testing; Reservoirs; Stereo vision; X-ray imaging;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1994. Engineering Advances: New Opportunities for Biomedical Engineers. Proceedings of the 16th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-2050-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEMBS.1994.412178
  • Filename
    412178
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3569322