Automatic measurement of vertebral shape using active shape models

Image and Vision Computing

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 575-581

  Smyth, P P ^a   Taylor, C J ^a   Adams, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active shape models; Segmentation; Vertebral shape

Indexed keywords

BONE; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; RADIOGRAPHY;

ACTIVE SHAPE MODELS; AUTOMATIC MEASUREMENTS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY IMAGES; SHAPE MEASUREMENT;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0031211817     PISSN: 02628856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0262-8856(97)00006-1     Document Type: Article

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