Computerized segmentation of whole-body bone scintigrams and its use in automated diagnostics

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-55

  Šajn, Luka ^a   Kukar, Matjaž ^a   Kononenko, Igor ^a   Milčinski, Metka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Automatic segmentation; Image processing; Machine learning; Reference point detection; Whole body bone scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PATHOLOGY;

ANATOMY; PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; SCINTIGRAPHY; SEGMENTATION ALGORITHMS;

BONE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RELIABILITY; SKELETON; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

ALGORITHMS; BONE AND BONES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLOVENIA; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 25144496164     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2005.06.001     Document Type: Article

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