Academic Radiology
Volume 13, Issue 6 , Pages 670-677 , June 2006

3D Computerized Segmentation of Lung Volume With Computed Tomography

  • Xuejun Sun, PhD

      Affiliations

    • MRC231D, CANCONT, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, 12902 Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL 33612-9497
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: X.S
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  • Haibo Zhang, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Computer Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China
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  • Huichuan Duan, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Computer Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China

Received 21 December 2005 ,Revised 8 February 2006 ,Accepted 9 February 2006.

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PII: S1076-6332(06)00128-0

doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2006.02.039

Academic Radiology
Volume 13, Issue 6 , Pages 670-677 , June 2006

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