Automatic atlas-based three-label cartilage segmentation from MR knee images

• Published in: Medical image analysis Vol. 18; no. 7; pp. 1233 - 1246
• Main Authors: Shan, Liang, Zach, Christopher, Charles, Cecil, Niethammer, Marc
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.10.2014
• Subjects: Algorithms; Automatic; Cartilage; Cartilage, Articular - pathology; Humans; Image Enhancement - methods; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted - methods; Longitudinal Studies; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods; Osteoarthritis, Knee - pathology; Segmentation; Three-label; Cartilage; Atlas; Three-label; Segmentation; Automatic

[Display omitted] •This paper proposes a novel automatic cartilage segmentation method.•The proposed method uses a multi-atlas segmentation strategy with non-local patch-based label fusion.•This paper proposes a novel three-label segmentation method which guarantees the spatial separation of femoral...