A Differential Geometric Approach to Automated Segmentation of Human Airway Tree - Jiantao Pu; Fuhrman, Carl; Good, Walter F; Sciurba, Frank C; Gur, David (IEEE transactions on medical imaging, 2011)
Keywords: Airway tree; Airways; Algorithms; Anatomical structure; Atmospheric modeling; Bronchi - anatomy & histology; Bronchography - methods; Computed tomography; computer-aided detection; Curvature; Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; Differential geometry; Diseases; Humans; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted - methods; Image segmentation; lung computed tomography (CT); Lungs; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - diagnostic imaging; Segmentation; Shape; Smoothing methods; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods; Trees