An automated vertebra identification and segmentation in CT images

Proceedings - International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 233-236

  Aslan, Melih S ^a   Ali, Asem ^a   Rara, Ham ^a   Farag, Aly A ^a  

^a University of Louisville   (United States)

Author keywords

Graph cuts segmentation; Spine bone; Trabecular bone; Vertebral body (VB)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL SHELL; CT IMAGE; DATA SETS; GRAPH CUT; LINEAR COMBINATION OF GAUSSIANS; MARKOV-GIBBS RANDOM FIELDS; SPINE BONE; TRABECULAR BONES; USER INTERVENTION; VERTEBRAL BODY; VOLUME GROWING;

BONE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GRAPHIC METHODS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MATCHED FILTERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 78651060895     PISSN: 15224880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICIP.2010.5651959     Document Type: Conference Paper

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