Semi-automatic prostate segmentation of MR images based on flow orientation

Sixth IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology, ISSPIT

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 203-207

  Samiee, Maryam ^a   Thomas, Gabriel ^a   Fazel Rezai, Reza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flow orientation; MRI; Prostate segmentation

Indexed keywords

IMAGE SENSORS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PIXELS; RADIOTHERAPY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FLOW ORIENTATION; PROSTATE SEGMENTATION;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 44449147879     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISSPIT.2006.270797     Document Type: Conference Paper

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