一种改进的边界法向量叠加疑似肺结节提取

对边界法向量叠加法进行改进,提出一种基于局部形状约束和自适应设定法向量大小的边界法向量叠加疑似肺结节提取方法.首先用自适应阈值方法对肺实质图像进行分割,得到初始ROI区域;然后判断初始ROI区域边界点的局部凸凹性特征,对满足凸性特征的边界点计算法向量方向,并且自适应设定法向量的大小,将初始ROI区域的边界点法向量叠加;最后对局部最大叠加值进行选择,可以检测出不同大小的圆形疑似肺结节.边界法向量叠加前使用局部凸凹性特征约束,能减少法向量叠加计算量;自适应设定法向量大小能克服检测固定大小肺结节的局限性.实验结果表明,改进算法可以较好地检测疑似肺结节区域,对不同大小的肺结节都有很好的适用性.

An Improved Algorithm Based on Boundary Normal Vector Overlap for Suspected Pulmonary Nodule Extraction

An improved boundary normal vector overlap algorithm based on local shape constraint and adaptively defined normal vector magnitude is proposed to detect suspected pulmonary nodules.The original region of interest(ROI) is segmented with adaptive thresholding method in pulmonary parenchyma,then the local convex-concave shape feature is gained for every pixel of initial ROI boundaries to satisfy the calculations of normal vector direction and adaptively defined normal vector magnitude of every convex pixel on...