Automatic delimitation of lung fields on chest radiographs

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2004

Authors

Ana Maria Mendonça (Author) FEUP; Jorge Alves da Silva (Author) FEUP; Aurélio Campilho (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: 2004 2ND IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON BIOMEDICAL IMAGING: MACRO TO NANO, VOLS 1 and 2

Pages: 1287-1290

2nd IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging

Arlington, VA, APR 15-18, 2004

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FOS: Natural sciences > Physical sciences

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Authenticus ID: P-000-DTZ

Abstract (EN): The purpose of the research herein presented is the automatic delimitation of lung fields in posterior-anterior digital chest radiographs. In a computer-aided diagnosis system the precise location of the lungs is important as it allows the reduction of the re-ion under analysis, decreasing the computation time and facilitating data compression. Furthermore, it allows the delimitation of the search area, easing the selective tuning of the abnormalities detection algorithms. The results produced by the automatic method were validated by comparison with manual contours traced by experienced radiologists. Two programs with friendly interfaces were developed for this purpose.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 4