Segmentation of vertebrae using level sets with expectation maximization algorithm

Proceedings - International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 2010-2013

  Aslan, Melih S ^a   Farag, Aly A ^a   Arnold, Ben ^b   Xiang, Ping ^b  

^a University of Louisville   (United States)

^b Image Analysis Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

expectation maximization; Spine bone; statistical level sets; vertebral body (VB) segmentation

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND REGION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CT IMAGE; DATA SETS; EXPECTATION MAXIMIZATION; EXPECTATION-MAXIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; GRAY LEVELS; GROUND TRUTH; LEVEL SET; LEVEL SETS METHODS; SPINE BONE; VERTEBRAL BODY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE; MEDICAL IMAGING; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TOMOGRAPHY;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 80055033340     PISSN: 19457928     EISSN: 19458452     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISBI.2011.5872806     Document Type: Conference Paper

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