Label fusion in atlas-based segmentation using a selective and iterative method for performance level estimation (SIMPLE)

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2000-2008

  Langerak, Thomas Robin ^a   Van Der Heide, Uulke A ^b   Kotte, Alexis N T J ^b   Viergever, Max A ^a   Van Vulpen, Marco ^b   Pluim, Josien P W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atlas selection; atlas based segmentation; classifier combination; SIMPLE; STAPLE

Indexed keywords

ATLAS SELECTION; ATLAS-BASED SEGMENTATION; CLASSIFIER COMBINATION; SIMPLE; STAPLE;

CLASSIFIERS;

ITERATIVE METHODS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PROBABILITY; PROSTATE; PROSTATE TUMOR; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 78649658695     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2010.2057442     Document Type: Article

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