Improving vertebra segmentation through joint vertebra-rib atlases.
Yinong WangJianhua YaoHolger R. RothJoseph E. BurnsRonald M. SummersPublished in: Medical Imaging: Computer-Aided Diagnosis (2016)
Keyphrases
- statistical shape model
- medical images
- medical imaging
- deformable models
- x ray images
- shape model
- active shape model
- ground truth data
- atlas construction
- shape prior
- medical image analysis
- image segmentation
- coarse to fine
- segmentation algorithm
- shape variations
- mr images
- lumbar spine
- x ray
- joint estimation
- anatomical structures
- ct data
- level set
- deformation field
- brain structures
- chest radiographs
- segmentation accuracy
- multiscale
- computed tomography
- single view
- object boundaries
- ground truth
- active appearance models
- image intensity
- ct images
- region of interest
- segmentation method
- image registration
- atlas based segmentation
- label fusion
- ct volume
- image data
- rib cage