Automated vertebra detection and segmentation from the whole spine MR images

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 7 VOLS, Issue , 2005, Pages 2527-2530

  Peng, Zhigang ^a   Zhong, Jia ^a   Wee, William ^a   Lee, Jing Huei ^a  

^a University of Cincinnati   (United States)

Author keywords

Edge detection; Intensity profile; Vertebrae segmentation; Vertebral detection

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FEATURE EXTRACTION; ONLINE SEARCHING; POLYNOMIALS;

INTENSITY PROFILE; VERTEBRAE SEGMENTATION; VERTEBRAL DETECTION;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 33846933115     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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