3-D Segmentation of the Spine with Specially Adapted Tools;3-D-Segmentierung der Wirbelsäule mit Speziell Angepaβten Werkzeugen

Biomedizinische Technik

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 312-318

  Kaminsky, J ^b   Rodt, Th ^c   Gharabaghi, A ^a   Ludemann W ^a   Zajaczek, J ^c   Samii, M ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Automatic data processing; Computer models; Image processing; Segmentation; Spine

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; ROTATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

ROTATION TRANSFORMATIONS; WARPED DISSECTION PLANES;

MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUMBAR SPINE; SPINE; THORACIC SPINE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0345303876     PISSN: 00135585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bmte.2003.48.11.312     Document Type: Article

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