A new partial volume segmentation approach to extract bladder wall for computer aided detection in virtual cystoscopy

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5369, Issue , 2004, Pages 199-206

  Li, Lihong ^a,b   Wang, Zigang ^b   Li, Xiang ^c   Wei, Xinzhou ^d   Adler, Howard L ^e   Huang, Wei ^b   Rizvi, Syed ^a   Meng, Hong ^b   Harrington, Donald P ^b   Liang, Zhengrong ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d City University of New York   (United States)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer aided detection; Mri based virtual cystoscopy; Non invasive screening; Partial volume segmentation; Virtual endoscopy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DETECTION; MRI-BASED VIRTUAL CYTOSCOPY; NON-INVASIVE SCREENING; PARTIAL VOLUME SEGMENTATION; VIRTUAL ENDOSCOPY;

CATHETERS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA ACQUISITION; DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT TREATMENT; TUMORS;

ENDOSCOPY;

EID: 3042690342     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.535913     Document Type: Conference Paper

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