Segmentation of parotid glands in head and neck CT images using a constrained active shape model with landmark uncertainty

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 8314, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Chen, Antong ^a   Noble, Jack H ^a   Niermann, Kenneth J ^b   Deeley, Matthew A ^c   Dawant, Benoit M ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Active shape model; Head and neck IMRT; Nonrigid registration; Parotid segmentation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SHAPE MODELS; AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATIONS; CT IMAGE; HEAD AND NECK; LEAVE-ONE-OUT; NONRIGID REGISTRATION; PAROTID GLANDS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 84860744183     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.911534     Document Type: Conference Paper

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