Fast segmentation of bone in CT images using 3D adaptive thresholding

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 231-236

  Zhang, J ^a   Yan, C H ^a   Chui, C K ^a   Ong, S H ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

3D; Adaptive thresholding; Bone; CT image; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

3D; 3D CORRELATION; ADAPTIVE THRESHOLDING; BONE SEGMENTATION; BONE TISSUE; CONVERGENCE PROCESS; CT IMAGE; EXECUTION TIME; INITIAL SEGMENTATION; ITERATIVE PROCESS; MEDICAL SYSTEMS; OBJECT OF INTERESTS; POST PROCESSING; SEGMENTATION METHODS; SUB-VOXEL ACCURACY; THRESHOLDING;

ALGORITHMS; BONE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; D REGION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; BONE AND BONES; CALCANEUS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ROC CURVE; SPINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77649191493     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2009.11.020     Document Type: Article

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