Simultaneous localization of lumbar vertebrae and intervertebral discs with SVM-Based MRF

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2375-2383

  Oktay, Ayse Betul ^a   Akgul, Yusuf Sinan ^b  

^a ISTANBUL MEDENIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GEBZE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Intervertebral disc; labeling; lumbar vertebrae; Markov random field; pyramidal histogram of oriented gradients (PHOG); support vector machines (SVM)

Indexed keywords

GRAPHIC METHODS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); LABELING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MARKOV PROCESSES; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

GEOMETRICAL INFORMATIONS; HISTOGRAM OF ORIENTED GRADIENTS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS; LOCAL IMAGE FEATURES; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MARKOV RANDOM FIELDS; MAXIMUM A POSTERIORI SOLUTIONS; STATE OF THE ART;

SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BONE STRUCTURE; GEOMETRY; HIDDEN MARKOV MODEL; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MARKOV RANDOM FIELD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROBABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE; VALIDATION PROCESS; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MARKOV CHAINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES;

EID: 84883036122     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2013.2256460     Document Type: Article

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