A survey of prostate segmentation methodologies in ultrasound, magnetic resonance and computed tomography images

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 262-287

  Ghose, Soumya ^a,b   Oliver, Arnau ^a   Martí, Robert ^a   Lladó, Xavier ^a   Vilanova, Joan C ^c   Freixenet, Jordi ^a   Mitra, Jhimli ^a,b   Sidibé, Désiré ^b   Meriaudeau, Fabrice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c Girona Magnetic Resonance Center   (Spain)

Author keywords

CT images; MR images; Prostate gland segmentation methods; TRUS images

Indexed keywords

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGES; CT IMAGE; GIVEN IMAGING; IMAGING ARTIFACTS; IMAGING MODALITY; LOW CONTRAST; MICROCALCIFICATIONS; MR IMAGES; PROSTATE CANCERS; PROSTATE GLANDS; PROSTATE SEGMENTATION; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; SEGMENTATION METHODS; SOFT TISSUE; TEXTURE INFORMATION; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASOUND IMAGES; TRUS IMAGES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE TEXTURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TISSUE; UROLOGY;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CANCER; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROSTATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84865787974     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: 18727565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2012.04.006     Document Type: Article

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