Method for the automatic detection and segmentation of the spinal canal in computed tomographic images

Journal of Electronic Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Rangayyan, Rangaraj M ^a   Deglint, Hanford J ^a,c   Boag, Graham S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Itres Research Limited   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERIPHERAL FAT STRUCTURES; SPINAL CANAL; THORACIC VERTEBRAL STRUCTURE;

ALGORITHMS; BONE; FUZZY CONTROL; HOUGH TRANSFORMS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY; RADIOLOGY; SKIN;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33750716856     PISSN: 10179909     EISSN: 1560229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2234770     Document Type: Article

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