Segmentation of skull in 3D human MR images using mathematical morphology

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4684 III, Issue , 2002, Pages 1553-1562

  Dogdas, B ^a   Shattuck, D ^a   Leahy, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Morphology; MR image; Scalp segmentation; Skull segmentation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING;

SKULL SEGMENTATION;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 0036030082     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.467124     Document Type: Conference Paper

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