Automatic segmentation of the ribs, the vertebral column, and the spinal canal in pediatric computed tomographic images

Journal of Digital Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 301-322

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computed tomographic (CT) images; Convex hull; Hough transform; Image segmentation; Morphological image processing; Opening by reconstruction; Rib structure; Spinal canal; Vertebral column

Indexed keywords

CONVEX HULL; MORPHOLOGICAL IMAGE PROCESSING; RIB STRUCTURE; SPINAL CANALS; TOMOGRAPHIC; VERTEBRAL COLUMN;

AUTOMATION; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; EDGE DETECTION; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; HOUGH TRANSFORMS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PEDIATRICS; REPAIR;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RIB; SPINE; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ALGORITHMS; CHILD; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RIBS; SPINAL CANAL; SPINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77952240412     PISSN: 08971889     EISSN: 1618727X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10278-009-9176-x     Document Type: Article

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