Evaluation and Comparison of Anatomical Landmark Detection Methods for Cephalometric X-Ray Images: A Grand Challenge

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1890-1900

  Wang, Ching Wei ^a,b   Huang, Cheng Ta ^a   Hsieh, Meng Che ^a   Li, Chung Hsing ^b,c   Chang, Sheng Wei ^c   Li, Wei Cheng ^c   Vandaele, Rémy ^b,d   Marée, Raphaël ^b,d   Jodogne, Sébastien ^d   Geurts, Pierre ^b,d   Chen, Cheng ^e   Zheng, Guoyan ^e   Chu, Chengwen ^e   Mirzaalian, Hengameh ^f   Hamarneh, Ghassan ^f   Vrtovec, Tomaž ^g   Ibragimov, Bulat ^g  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^f SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Cephalometric analysis; challenge; dental X ray images; evaluation; landmark detection

Indexed keywords

DENTISTRY; MEDICAL IMAGING; X RAY ANALYSIS;

CEPHALOMETRIC ANALYSIS; CHALLENGE; DENTAL X-RAY IMAGE; EVALUATION; LANDMARK DETECTION;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANATOMIC LANDMARK; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PHYSICIAN; X RAY; ADOLESCENT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CHILD; HEAD; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANATOMIC LANDMARKS; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; HEAD; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940910741     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: 1558254X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2015.2412951     Document Type: Article

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