Automated segmentation of breast in 3-D MR images using a robust atlas

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 116-125

  Khalvati, Farzad ^a   Gallego Ortiz, Cristina ^a   Balasingham, Sharmila ^a   Martel, Anne L ^a  

^a Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atlas based segmentation; breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); image registration; image segmentation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE REGISTRATION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MEDICAL IMAGING;

ATLAS-BASED SEGMENTATION; AUTOMATED SEGMENTATION; BREAST MAGNETIC-RESONANCE IMAGING; INTENSITY VARIATIONS; INTENSITY-BASED REGISTRATION; PHASE CONGRUENCY; PROBABILISTIC ATLAS; SIMILARITY COEFFICIENTS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATLAS BASED SEGMENTATION; AUTOMATION; BREAST; FIRST CERVICAL VERTEBRA; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920166290     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: 1558254X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2014.2347703     Document Type: Article

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