Medical Image Analysis
Volume 14, Issue 3 , Pages 407-428 , June 2010

Location registration and recognition (LRR) for serial analysis of nodules in lung CT scans

Received 5 September 2008 ,Revised 11 February 2010 ,Accepted 22 February 2010.

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Medical Image Analysis
Volume 14, Issue 3 , Pages 407-428 , June 2010

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