期刊名称：International Journal of Computer Science Issues
印刷版ISSN：1694-0784
电子版ISSN：1694-0814
出版年度：2012
卷号：9
期号：5
出版社：IJCSI Press
摘要：In this paper, we have presented an innovative methodology to convey connection between physical and mechanical properties of lung tissue in some lung cancer diseases. It is proposed in this method to combine computed tomography (CT) medical images, image processing and Finite Element (FE) technique to grasp the patient lung tissue response under gradual stages of lung cancer. Finite Element models based on lung CT images of different patients are used to analyse the real behaviour of lung tissue and detect the difference between mechanical parameters in both normal and pathologic cases. Results show that normal lungs display distinct superiority in strength, and expansion properties. It is also notable that we have present new mechanical parameters to clearly describe the evolution of different patients lung cancers cases. Investigating lung cancer using such techniques is very promising to enhances data monitoring towards the development of automated diagnosis systems.
关键词：Computed Tomography; Lung cancer; Image processing; Finite Element Analysis.
