An object-tracking segmentation method: Vertebra and rib segmentation in CT images

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4684 III, Issue , 2002, Pages 1662-1671

  Kim, Dongsung ^a   Kim, Hanyoung ^a   Kang, Heung Sik ^b  

^a Soongsil University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bone segmentation; CT images; Medical image segmentation; Object tracking

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BLOOD VESSELS; BONE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; OBJECT RECOGNITION;

MEDICAL IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0036031195     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.467136     Document Type: Article

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