Automatic lung segmentation in the presence of alveolar collapse

Lung ventilation and perfusion analyses using chest imaging methods require a correct segmentation of the lung to offer anatomical landmarks for the physiological data. An automatic segmentation approach simplifies and accelerates the analysis. However, the segmentation of the lungs has shown to be...

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Main Authors: Noshadi Areg, Kircher Michael, Pollnow Stefan, Elke Gunnar, Frerichs Inéz, Dössel Olaf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2017-09-01
Series:Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/cdbme-2017-0188