Intervertebral disc segmentation in MR images using anisotropic oriented flux

Medical Image Analysis

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-61

  Law, Max W K ^a,b   Tay, KengYeow ^b,c   Leung, Andrew ^b,c   Garvin, Gregory J ^b,d   Li, Shuo ^a,b  

^a GE HEALTHCARE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^d ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anisotropic oriented flux; Intervertebral disc; Magnetic resonance images; Segmentation; Spine

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CONTOUR MODEL; DETECTION SCHEME; ENERGY FUNCTIONALS; IMAGE DESCRIPTORS; INTENSITY VARIATIONS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS; LEVEL SET; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGES; MR IMAGES; SEGMENTATION RESULTS; SEGMENTATION SYSTEM; SPINE; USER INTERACTION; VERTEBRAL BODY;

ANISOTROPY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

ANISOTROPIC ORIENTED FLUX; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA BASE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC SEGMENTATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRA BODY;

ANISOTROPY; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 84871715564     PISSN: 13618415     EISSN: 13618423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2012.06.006     Document Type: Article

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