Using curve evolution to detect intervertebral disk direction in chine image

A computer-implemented method for vertebrae segmentation includes providing an image of a plurality of vertebrae, and determining a seed in each of at least two adjacent vertebrae in the image. The method further includes mapping a unit square to the seeds in the image as corresponding shape constra...

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Main Author A. ABUFADLE,G. G. SRABAU,B. AUDRY,L. ZHANG,G. UNAL
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 27.09.2006
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
PHYSICS
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Summary:A computer-implemented method for vertebrae segmentation includes providing an image of a plurality of vertebrae, and determining a seed in each of at least two adjacent vertebrae in the image. The method further includes mapping a unit square to the seeds in the image as corresponding shape constraints on a segmentation, evolving the shape constraints to determine the segmentation of the adjacent vertebrae, wherein evolutions of the shape constraints interact, and outputting a segmented image indicating a location of the vertebra.
Bibliography:Application Number: CN200610071887