A region-based algorithm for automatic bone segmentation in volumetric CT

In Computed Tomography (CT), bone segmentation is considered an important step to extract bone parameters, which are frequently useful for computer-aided diagnosis, surgery and treatment of many diseases such as osteoporosis. Consequently, the development of accurate and reliable segmentation techni...

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Main Author: Rodrigues, Pedro L. (author)
Other Authors: Moreira, António Herculano Jesus (author), Fonseca, Jaime C. (author), Pinho, A. C. Marques (author), Rodrigues, Nuno F. (author), Vilaça, João L. (author)
Format: bookPart
Language:eng
Published: 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/71320
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/71320