Academic Radiology
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 172-180 , February 2009

Computer-aided Detection of Endobronchial Valves Using Volumetric CT

Received 19 April 2008 ,Accepted 14 July 2008.

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1 This study was provided by University of California Discovery Grant IT106-10158 in collaboration with Broncus Technologies, Inc., Mountain View, CA, and Emphasys Medical Inc., Redwood City, CA.

PII: S1076-6332(08)00407-8

doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2008.07.009

Academic Radiology
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 172-180 , February 2009

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