Simplified active contour model applied to bone structure segmentation in digital radiographs

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3338, Issue , 1998, Pages 663-672

  Kauffmann, Claude ^a,b   Godbout, Benoit ^a,b   De Guise, Jacques A ^a,b,c  

^a ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

^b NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active contours; Deformable models; Digital radiographs; Medical imaging; Scoliotic spine; Snakes

Indexed keywords

BONE; DEFORMATION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MAMMALS; RADIOGRAPHY; RIGIDITY; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

ACTIVE CONTOURS; DEFORMABLE MODELS; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHS; SCOLIOTIC SPINE; SNAKES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0002320576     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.310944     Document Type: Conference Paper

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