European Journal of Radiology
Volume 44, Issue 3 , Pages 164-171 , December 2002

Computational morphology of the lung and its virtual imaging

  • Hiroko Kitaoka

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationPresent address: Department of Bioinformatic Engineering, Graduate School of Infomatics and Technology, Osaka University, Yamadaoka 2-1, 565-0871 Suita, Japan. Tel.: +81-6-6879-7829; fax: +81-6-6879-7832

Received 5 September 2002 ,Revised 6 September 2002 ,Accepted 9 September 2002.

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European Journal of Radiology
Volume 44, Issue 3 , Pages 164-171 , December 2002

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