Automatic detection and segmentation of the spinal canal in computed tomographic images

Proceedings of the 3rd IASTED International Conference on Biomedical Engineering 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 38-43

  Rangayyan, Rangaraj M ^a   Deglint, Hanford J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automatic 3D image segmentation; Computed tomography; Detection of circles; Fuzzy connectivity; Hough transform; Spinal canal

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FUZZY SETS; HOUGH TRANSFORMS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; NEUROLOGY; RADIOLOGY; SKIN;

AUTOMATIC 3D IMAGE SEGMENTATION; DETECTION OF CIRCLES; FUZZY CONNECTIVITY; SPINAL CANAL;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 27844574901     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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