Dual-modality brain PET-CT image segmentation based on adaptive use of functional and anatomical information

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 47-53

  Xia, Yong ^a,b,c   Eberl, Stefan ^a,b   Wen, Lingfeng ^a,b   Fulham, Michael ^a,b,d   Feng, David Dagan ^a,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dual modality medical imaging; Functional PET imaging; Image segmentation; Medical image analyze

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE WEIGHTING; ANATOMICAL INFORMATION; CEREBRO SPINAL FLUIDS; CLINICAL PRACTICES; CLINICAL STUDY; CT IMAGE; DISCRIMINATORY POWER; DUAL-MODALITY; FUNCTIONAL PET IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; IMAGE SEGMENTATION MODEL; IMAGING MODALITY; MEDICAL IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MEDICAL IMAGES; OPTIMIZATION PROCESS; SEGMENTATION PROCESS; SPATIAL CONSTRAINTS; WEIGHTING SCHEME; WHITE MATTER;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRAY MATTER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NEUROIMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RELIABILITY; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83555176436     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: 18790771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2011.06.004     Document Type: Article

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