An improved level set method for vertebra CT image segmentation

BioMedical Engineering Online

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Huang, Juying ^a   Jian, Fengzeng ^b   Wu, Hao ^b   Li, Haiyun ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Image segmentation; Level set method; Vertebra CT images

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; DROP BREAKUP; HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING; LEVEL MEASUREMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES; AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATIONS; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; CT IMAGE; INITIALIZATION METHODS; INTENSITY INHOMOGENEITY; LEVEL SET METHOD; LUMBAR DISC HERNIATION;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84879827305     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1475925X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-925X-12-48     Document Type: Article

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