Segmentation of lumbar vertebrae from clinical CT using active shape models and GVF-snake.
Samah Al-HeloRaja' S. AlomariVipin ChaudharyMoh'd Belal Al-ZoubiPublished in: EMBC (2011)
Keyphrases
- active shape model
- segmentation algorithm
- shape prior
- x ray images
- gvf snake
- accurate segmentation
- gradient vector flow
- statistical shape model
- object boundaries
- active contours
- medical images
- ct data
- medical imaging
- shape model
- automatic segmentation
- x ray
- image segmentation
- deformable models
- multiscale
- active contour model
- ct and mr images
- coarse to fine
- region growing
- carotid artery
- segmentation method
- level set
- computed tomography
- graph cuts
- anatomical structures
- appearance model
- energy function
- input image
- image processing
- least squares
- active appearance models
- ct images
- three dimensional
- facial features