IEICE Trans - Lung Segmentation by New Curve Stopping Function Using Geodesic Active Contour Model

Lung Segmentation by New Curve Stopping Function Using Geodesic Active Contour Model

Chul Ho WON
Dong Hun KIM
Jung Hyun LEE
Ki Won YOON
Sang Hyo WOO
Young Ho YOON
Min Kyu KIM
Jin Ho CHO

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences Vol.E89-A No.6 pp.1727-1729
Publication Date: 2006/06/01
Online ISSN: 1745-1337
DOI: 10.1093/ietfec/e89-a.6.1727
Print ISSN: 0916-8508
Type of Manuscript: Special Section LETTER (Special Section on Papers Selected from 2005 International Technical Conference on Circuits/Systems, Computers and Communications (ITC-CSCC2005))
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Keyword:
lung detection, geodesic active contour model, curve stopping function,

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Summary:
To detect lung area, this paper proposes curve stopping function that is based on CT coefficient of area of lung parenchyma instead of existing edge indication function. The proposed method was compared numerically using various measures and this method can detect better lung parenchyma region than existing methods. In addition, detecting procedure of the area of lung parenchyma was visually verified in lung images.

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