Evaluation of image features and search strategies for segmentation of bone structures in radiographs using Active Shape Models

Medical Image Analysis

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 47-62

  Behiels, Gert ^a   Maes, Frederik ^a,b   Vandermeulen, Dirk ^a   Suetens, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Active shape models; Minimal cost path; Segmentation of radiographs; Statistical analysis of anatomical objects

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE STRUCTURE; CALCANEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMUR; HUMERUS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALGORITHMS; BONE AND BONES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036522412     PISSN: 13618415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1361-8415(01)00051-2     Document Type: Article

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