Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics
Volume 34, Issue 7 , Pages 572-578 , October 2010

High resolution lung airway cast segmentation with proper topology suitable for computational fluid dynamic simulations

  • James P. Carson

      Affiliations

    • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Boulevard, P.O. Box 999, MSIN P7-58, Richland, WA 99352, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Biological Monitoring and Modeling, 902 Battelle Boulevard, P.O. Box 999, MSIN P7-58, Richland, WA 99352, United States. Tel.: +1 509 371 6894; fax: +1 509 371 6978.
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  • Daniel R. Einstein

      Affiliations

    • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Boulevard, P.O. Box 999, MSIN P7-58, Richland, WA 99352, United States
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  • Kevin R. Minard

      Affiliations

    • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Boulevard, P.O. Box 999, MSIN P7-58, Richland, WA 99352, United States
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  • Michelle V. Fanucchi

      Affiliations

    • University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1530 3rd Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35294, United States
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  • Christopher D. Wallis

      Affiliations

    • Air Quality Research Center, University of California at Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, United States
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  • Richard A. Corley

      Affiliations

    • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Boulevard, P.O. Box 999, MSIN P7-58, Richland, WA 99352, United States

Received 20 February 2009 ,Revised 1 December 2009 ,Accepted 10 March 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2010.03.001

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics
Volume 34, Issue 7 , Pages 572-578 , October 2010

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