Thyroid nodule recognition in computed tomography using first order statistics

Thyroid nodule recognition in computed tomography using first order statistics

Abstract Background Computed tomography (CT) is one of the popular tools for early detection of thyroid nodule. The pixel intensity of thyroid in CT image is very important information to distinguish nodule from normal thyroid tissue. The pixel intensity in normal thyroid tissues is homogeneous and...

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Main Authors: Wenxian Peng, Chenbin Liu, Shunren Xia, Dangdang Shao, Yihong Chen, Rui Liu, Zhiping Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:BioMedical Engineering OnLine
Subjects:
Thyroid nodule
Computed tomography
Texture feature
Texture analysis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12938-017-0367-2

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