A knowledge-based approach to automatic detection of the spinal cord in CT images

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1504-1516

  Archip, Neculai ^a   Erard, Pierre Jean ^a   Egmont Petersen, Michael ^b   Haefliger, Jean Marie ^c   Germond, Jean Francois ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Hopital de la Chaux de Fonds   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Image interpretation; Knowledge representation; Medical imaging; Radiotherapy; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE UNDERSTANDING; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION; NEUROLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; TISSUE;

ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES MAP; AUTOMATIC DETECTION; NEURONAL DISFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX TUMOR; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD; THORACIC NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036999642     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2002.806578     Document Type: Article

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