Automatic segmentation of the diaphragm in non-contrast CT images

2010 7th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, ISBI 2010 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 900-903

  Yalamanchili, Raja ^a   Chittajallu, Deepak ^a   Balanca, Paul ^a   Tamarappoo, Balaji ^b   Berman, Daniel ^b   Dey, Damini ^b   Kakadiaris, Ioannis ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diaphragm segmentation; Max closure; Non contrast CT

Indexed keywords

3D GRAPHS; ABDOMINAL CAVITY; AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATIONS; CARDIAC CT; CT DATA; CT IMAGE; MANUAL SEGMENTATION; REGION OF INTEREST; SURFACE SEGMENTATION;

DIAPHRAGMS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MEDICAL IMAGING;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77955222366     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISBI.2010.5490132     Document Type: Conference Paper

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