Automatic segmentation of the facial nerve and chorda tympani in CT images using spatially dependent feature values

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 5375-5384

  Noble, Jack H ^a   Warren, Frank M ^b   Labadie, Robert F ^c   Dawant, Benoit M ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlas based segmentation; Chorda tympani; Cochlear implant; Facial nerve; Model based segmentation; Optimal path

Indexed keywords

COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; INFILL DRILLING; SURGERY;

ATLAS-BASED SEGMENTATION; CHORDA TYMPANI; FACIAL NERVE; MODEL-BASED SEGMENTATION; OPTIMAL PATHS;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHORDA TYMPANI; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL NERVE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHORDA;

EID: 56749151437     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3005479     Document Type: Article

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