Publication: IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences Publication Date: 2006/06/01 Vol. E89-ANo. 6pp. 1727-1729 Type of Manuscript: Special Section LETTER (Special Section on Papers Selected from 2005 International Technical Conference on Circuits/Systems, Computers and Communications (ITC-CSCC2005)) Category: Keyword: lung detection, geodesic active contour model, curve stopping function,