A hybrid approach for segmentation of anatomic structures in medical images

International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery

Volumn 3, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 213-219

  Liu, Jimin ^a   Su, Huang ^a   Nowinski, Wieslaw L ^a  

^a AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Anatomic structure; Image segmentation; Point anchored active surface; Radial basis function based warping; Shape interpolation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 49349087974     PISSN: 18616410     EISSN: 18616429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11548-008-0229-2     Document Type: Article

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