Semiautomatic Segmentation of Vertebrae in Lateral X-rays Using a Conditional Shape Model

Academic Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1156-1165

  Iglesias, J Eugenio ^a,b   de Bruijne, Marleen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NORDIC BIOSCIENCE A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

lateral x rays; Osteoporosis; shape model; vertebra segmentation; vertebral fracture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; MORPHOMETRICS; OSTEOPHYTE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 34548668215     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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