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Computer-aided diagnosis system for thoracic computer tomography images

  • US 20030035507A1
  • Filed: 08/08/2002
  • Published: 02/20/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of detecting and analyzing suspected abnormalities in thoracic computer tomography (CT) images, comprising the steps of:

  • performing object processing to segment different anatomical structures in the CT images in at least one of two-dimensional CT slices and three-dimensional CT scans, resulting in at least one segmented image;

    processing said at least one segmented image, said processing including at least one of image enhancement, object analysis, object detection, and image matching; and

    outputting at least one result of said processing step.

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