An automatic variational level set segmentation framework for computer aided dental X-rays analysis in clinical environments

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 65-74

  Li, Shuo ^a   Fevens, Thomas ^a   Krzyzak, Adam ^a   Li, Song ^b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Computer aided detection; Dental X rays; Energy minimization; Principal component analysis; Segmentation; Support vector machine; Variational level set

Indexed keywords

BONE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER AIDED DENTAL X-RAYS ANALYSIS (CADXA); COMPUTER AIDED DETECTION; DENTAL X RAYS; ENERGY MINIMIZATION; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE (SVM); VARIATIONAL LEVEL SET;

VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BONE DESTRUCTION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER MODEL; DENTAL CARIES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MACHINE; OSTEOLYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; TRAINING; UNCERTAINTY; VARIANCE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; CLINICAL MEDICINE; HUMANS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL;

EID: 33645881692     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2005.10.007     Document Type: Article

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