Aorta segmentation in non-contrast cardiac CT images using an entropy-based cost function

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7623, Issue PART 1, 2010, Pages

  Avila Montes, Olga C ^a   Kukure, Uday ^a   Kakadiaris, Ioannis A ^a  

^a University of Houston ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

aorta segmentation; dynamic programming; entropy; non contrast computed tomography

Indexed keywords

AORTA SEGMENTATION; AORTIC ROOT; BOUNDARY EDGES; CARDIAC CT; CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN; CT IMAGE; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING METHODS; HOUGH SPACE; NARROW BANDS; NON-CIRCULAR; NON-CONTRAST COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; SEARCH AREA;

BIOMINERALIZATION; BLOOD VESSELS; BONE; CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; ENTROPY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MEDICAL IMAGING;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 79751496403     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.844407     Document Type: Conference Paper

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