Bayesian differentiation of multi-scale line-structures for model-free instrument segmentation in thoracoscopic images

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 3656 LNCS, Issue , 2005, Pages 938-948

  Windisch, Luke ^a   Cheriet, Farida ^a,b   Grimard, Guy ^b  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOSCOPY; SURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

BAYESIAN SELECTION; INVASIVE SURGERY; LINE-STRUCTURE CONCEPTS;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 33645973645     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/11559573_114     Document Type: Conference Paper

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