A constrained region growing approach based on watershed for the segmentation of low contrast structures in bone micro-CT images.
Zsolt PeterValérie BoussonCatherine BergotFrançoise PeyrinPublished in: Pattern Recognit. (2008)
Keyphrases
- region growing
- ct images
- low contrast
- watershed transform
- fracture detection
- bone segmentation
- image segmentation
- segmentation algorithm
- segmentation method
- region merging
- medical imaging
- computed tomography
- medical images
- imaging modalities
- gray level
- ct scans
- blood vessels
- segmentation result
- ct imaging
- fully automatic
- pet images
- vessel segmentation
- clinical applications
- brain mri
- edge detection
- accurate segmentation
- cell segmentation
- watershed segmentation
- region of interest
- x ray images
- image gradient
- active contour model
- brain structures
- mathematical morphology
- segmented images
- contrast enhancement
- active shape model
- phase contrast
- cell nuclei
- carotid artery
- level set
- level set method
- computer aided diagnosis
- fully automated
- human brain
- magnetic resonance images
- high resolution
- x ray