Topologically controlled segmentation of 3D magnetic resonance images of the head by using morphological operators

Pattern Recognition

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2463-2478

  Dokládal, Petr ^a   Bloch, Isabelle ^a   Couprie, Michel ^b   Ruijters, Daniel ^a   Urtasun, Raquel ^a   Garnero, Line ^c  

^a TELECOM PARISTECH   (France)

^b Ecole SupIngElectron/Electrotech   (France)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

3D segmentation; Brain imaging; Mathematical morphology; Topological constraints

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MORPHOLOGY; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); TOPOLOGY;

HEAD MODELS;

PATTERN RECOGNITION;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 0043201280     PISSN: 00313203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-3203(03)00118-3     Document Type: Article

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