Segmentation of vertebral bodies in CT and MR images based on 3D deterministic models

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7962, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Štern, Darko ^a   Vrtovec, Tomaž ^a   Pernuš, Franjo ^a   Likar, Boštjan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

3D model; computed tomography (CT); magnetic resonance (MR); quantitative measure; segmentation; shape; spine; vertebra body; vertebral deformations

Indexed keywords

3D MODELS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; QUANTITATIVE MEASURES; SEGMENTATION; SHAPE; SPINE; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRAL DEFORMATIONS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFORMATION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MEDICAL IMAGING; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; TOMOGRAPHY; VISUALIZATION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 79957990135     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.877365     Document Type: Conference Paper

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