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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Main Author: Zhen Ma (author)
Other Authors: João Manuel R. S.Tavares (author), Renato Natal M. Jorge (author)
Format: book
Language:eng
Published: 2009
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10216/15040
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio-aberto.up.pt:10216/15040