Segmentation of Lung in Chest Radiographs Using Hull and Closed Polygonal Line Method

Accurate lung segmentation in chest radiographs is a challenging problem due to the presence of strong edges at the rib cage and clavicle, the varying appearance in the upper clavicle bone region, too small costophrenic angle and the lack of a consistent anatomical shape among different individuals....

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Main Authors: Tao Peng, Yihuai Wang, Thomas Canhao Xu, Xinjian Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2019-01-01
Series:IEEE Access
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8839115/