Lymph node segmentation on CT images by a shape model guided deformable surface methodh.
Daniel MaleikeMichael FabelRalf TetzlaffHendrik von Tengg-KobligkTobias HeimannHans-Peter MeinzerIvo WolfPublished in: Medical Imaging: Image Processing (2008)
Keyphrases
- lymph nodes
- shape model
- ct images
- ct scans
- ct data
- computed tomography
- deformable surface
- shape prior
- medical images
- statistical shape model
- automatic detection
- medical imaging
- deformable models
- energy function
- automatic segmentation
- anatomical structures
- lung cancer
- region of interest
- cancer diagnosis
- active appearance models
- active shape model
- treatment planning
- shape variations
- magnetic resonance images
- segmentation algorithm
- x ray
- clinical applications
- multiscale
- video sequences
- graph cuts
- cortical surface
- image reconstruction
- image segmentation