A unified method based on wavelet filtering and active contour models for segmentation of pelvic CT images

2009 ICME International Conference on Complex Medical Engineering, CME 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Vasilache, Simina ^a   Najarian, Kayvan ^a,b  

^a Virginia Commonwealth University   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CONTOUR MODEL; AUTOMATED SEEDS; BONE TISSUE; COMPUTER AIDED; CT IMAGE; DECISION-MAKING SYSTEMS; FRACTURED BONES; GREY LEVELS; HIERARCHICAL METHOD; HIP JOINTS; KEY COMPONENT; MAIN TASKS; PELVIC INJURY; UNIFIED METHOD; WAVELET FILTERING; WAVELET PROCESSING; WAVELET-BASED METHODS;

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; EDGE DETECTION; SEED;

BONE;

EID: 67650653736     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICCME.2009.4906670     Document Type: Conference Paper

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