Automatic rib segmentation in chest CT volume data

Proceedings - 2012 International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology, iCBEB 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 750-753

  Zhang, Li ^a,b,c   Li, Xiaodong ^d   Hu, Qingmao ^a,b,c  

^a SHENZHEN INSTITUTES OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Neuro Psychiatric Modulation   (China)

^d LINYI PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Computed Tomography; Rib Segmentation; Threshold; Tracking

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATIONS; CHEST CT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CT DATA; LUNG REGIONS; PRIOR KNOWLEDGE; RIB SEGMENTATION; RIB STRUCTURE; THRESHOLD; THRESHOLDING;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGY; SURFACE DISCHARGES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84866724031     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/iCBEB.2012.89     Document Type: Conference Paper

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