Automated Segmentation Refinement of Small Lung Nodules in CT Scans by Local Shape Analysis - Diciotti, Stefano; Lombardo, Simone; Falchini, Massimo; Picozzi, Giulia; Mascalchi, Mario (IEEE transactions on biomedical engineering, 2011)
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