Eliminate connected component in 3d volume matlab
<p>I have a CT lung 3d volume, I am using matlab to extract nodules and classify it ...
I need to eliminate "delete" the air ways from the volume, in order to minimize suspected nodules, there is a connected component function in matlab but it works only with 2d images ..
Hence I need a 3d connected component function, the largest connected component in the lung will be the airways, if I handled it I will be able to delete it from my volume, In brief, I need to detect the largest connected component in the volume</p>