An automated CT based lung nodule detection scheme using geometric analysis of signed distance field.

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Published in Med Phys on August 01, 2008

Authors

Jiantao Pu1, Bin Zheng, Joseph Ken Leader, Xiao-Hui Wang, David Gur

Author Affiliations

1: Imaging Research Center, Department of Radiology University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA. puj@upmc.edu

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