篇名 | INTACT LUNG EXTRACTION IN THE 2D COMPUTER TOPOGRAPHY IMAGE BY USING A K-COSINE CORNER DETECTION METHOD |
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卷期 | 2:1 |
作者 | Chang, Tung-hao 、 Chen, Zhen-wen 、 Hu, Wen-pin |
頁次 | 001-015 |
關鍵字 | K-cosine corner detection 、 image processing 、 CT image 、 non-isolated nodule 、 curvature |
出刊日期 | 201106 |
Lung cancer, which has a high mortality and the greatest incidence worldwide, can be diagnosed with the aid of chest x-rays or computerized tomography (CT). Some computer-aided diagnosis (CAD)systems have been developed to help physicians diagnose lung cancer. In medical images, however,some nodules attached to the lung boundary are usually segmented as a part of the pleura or mediastinum. This causes these non-isolated nodules to be excluded from the lung parenchyma, which will influence the accuracy of CAD in nodule detection. To solve this problem, this article presents a method known as K-cosine corner detection to find the corner points on a boundary. These corner points are linked under defined criteria. Experimental results shows that a complete and accurate segmentation of lung parenchyma can be carried out, which demonstrates the feasibility of the proposed method.