Segmentation of lymph node regions in head-and-neck CT images using a combination of registration and active shape model.
Antong ChenMatthew A. DeeleyKenneth J. NiermannLuigi MorettiBenoit M. DawantPublished in: Medical Imaging: Image Processing (2010)
Keyphrases
- lymph nodes
- ct images
- active shape model
- bone segmentation
- fracture detection
- clinical applications
- pet images
- computed tomography
- ct data
- statistical shape model
- ct scans
- region of interest
- accurate segmentation
- medical images
- segmentation algorithm
- automatic segmentation
- automatic detection
- anatomical knowledge
- medical imaging
- treatment planning
- image registration
- shape model
- coarse to fine
- lung cancer
- intraoperative
- manual segmentation
- cancer diagnosis
- automated segmentation
- input image
- object boundaries
- medical image analysis
- image guided
- segmentation result
- facial features
- segmentation method
- shape prior
- region growing
- anatomical structures
- ground glass opacity
- active appearance models
- multiresolution
- graph cuts
- appearance model
- x ray images
- random forest