Automatic segmentation of colonic polyps in CT colonography based on knowledge-guided deformable models

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5031, Issue , 2003, Pages 370-380

  Yao, Jianhua ^a   Miller, Meghan ^a   Franaszek, Marek ^a   Summers, Ronald M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Colonic polyp segmentation; Deformable model; Fuzzy c mean cluster

Indexed keywords

FUZZY SETS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS; ONCOLOGY; TISSUE;

COLONIC POLYPS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; FUZZY C-MEAN CLUSTERING; KNOWLEDGE-GUIDED DEFORMABLE MODELS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0042327796     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.480415     Document Type: Conference Paper

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