Three-Dimensional Human Airway Segmentation Methods for Clinical Virtual Bronchoscopy
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Three-dimensional human airway segmentation methods for clinical virtual bronchoscopy.
RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES The segmentation of airways from CT images is a critical first step for numerous virtual bronchoscopic (VB) applications. Automatic or semiautomatic methods are necessary, since manual segmentation is prohibitively time consuming. The methods must be robust and operate within a reasonable time frame to be useful for clinical VB use. The authors developed an integrated a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Academic Radiology
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1076-6332
DOI: 10.1016/s1076-6332(03)80517-2