Topology preserving automatic segmentation of the spinal cord in magnetic resonance images

Proceedings - International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1737-1740

  Chen, Min ^a,c   Carass, Aaron ^a   Cuzzocreo, Jennifer ^b   Bazin, Pierre Louis ^b   Reich, Daniel S ^a,c   Prince, Jerry L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

digital homeomorphism; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetization transfer images; spinal cord segmentation; Topology preserving segmentation

Indexed keywords

ATLAS BASED REGISTRATION; AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATIONS; CORRECT TOPOLOGY; DIGITAL HOMEOMORPHISM; DISEASE PROGRESSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGES; MAGNETIZATION TRANSFER IMAGES; MR IMAGES; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE; SPINAL CORDS; TIME-CONSUMING PROCESS; TOPOLOGY PRESERVING; TOPOLOGY-PRESERVING SEGMENTATION;

DOSIMETRY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; RESONANCE; TOPOLOGY;

RADIOLOGY;

EID: 80055026255     PISSN: 19457928     EISSN: 19458452     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISBI.2011.5872741     Document Type: Conference Paper

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