Micro-computed tomography-based highly automated 3D segmentation of the rat spine for quantitative analysis of metastatic disease

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 367-370

  Hojjat, Seyed Parsa ^a   Hardisty, Michael R ^a   Whyne, Cari M ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automated segmentation; Bony architecture; Micro CT; Quantitative analysis; Vertebral metastasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BONE ATROPHY; BONE DESTRUCTION; CANCER CELL; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; CORTICAL BONE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SPINE METASTASIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRABECULAR BONE; VASCULARIZATION; VOLUMETRY; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER TRANSPLANTATION; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; SECONDARY; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPINE; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; AUTOMATION; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; RATS; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; SPINE; TIME FACTORS; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77956399750     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.3.SPINE09576     Document Type: Article

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