Automatic segmentation of medical images using image registration: Diagnostic and simulation applications

Journal of Medical Engineering and Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 53-63

  Barber, D C ^a,b   Hose, D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PROBLEM SOLVING;

IMAGE REGISTRATION; PATIENT IMAGES; SMOOTHNESS CONSTRAINTS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MAPPING;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE REGISTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; REGISTRATION; SIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 17144404540     PISSN: 03091902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091900412331289889     Document Type: Article

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