An adaptive region growing method to segment inferior alveolar nerve canal from 3d medical images for dental implant surgery

Computer-Aided Design and Applications

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 743-752

  Yau, H T ^a   Lin, Y K ^a   Tsou, L S ^a   Lee, C Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Inferior alveolar nerve canal; Region growing method

Indexed keywords

3D MEDICAL IMAGE; ADAPTIVE REGION GROWING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENTAL IMPLANTS; REGION GROWING METHODS; SEEDED REGION GROWING; SERIOUS INJURIES; THREE DIMENSIONS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DENTAL PROSTHESES; FIXTURES (TOOLING); MEDICAL PROBLEMS; SURGERY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES;

EID: 73349085574     PISSN: 16864360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3722/cadaps.2008.743-752     Document Type: Article

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