A novel method to automatically segment the pelvic floor muscles in MR images

A method is proposed to segment the levator ani muscles in the axial view of MR images of pelvic cavity. The proposed algorithm is based on the main ideas of Chan-Veses model. A computational region and an initial contour are defined through the boundary of rectum. Intensity variances of the regions...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Zhen Ma (author)
Outros Autores: João Manuel R. S.Tavares (author), Renato Natal M. Jorge (author)
Formato: book
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2009
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Texto completo:https://hdl.handle.net/10216/15040
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio-aberto.up.pt:10216/15040