Delineation of the pelvic girdle in computed tomographic images

Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 179-182

  Banik, Shantanu ^a   Rangayyan, Rangaraj M ^a   Boag, Graham S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Image segmentation; Linear least squares; Neuroblastoma; Openiiig by reconstruction; Pelvic girdle

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ERROR ANALYSIS; HEALTH; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; TECHNOLOGY;

ABDOMINAL CAVITY; ABDOMINAL ORGANS; ABDOMINAL TUMORS; BIOMEDICAL IMAGING; CONTENT-BASED RETRIEVAL; DEFORMABLE CONTOURS; ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING; ERROR RATE; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LANDMARKING; LINEAR LEAST-SQUARES; NEUROBLASTOMA; OPENIIIG-BY-RECONSTRUCTION; PELVIC GIRDLE; QUADRATIC MODELING; RECONSTRUCTION PROCEDURE; SPINAL CANALS; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 51849145797     PISSN: 08407789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CCECE.2008.4564519     Document Type: Conference Paper

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