A NEW SEMI-AUTOMATIC APPROACH FOR X-RAY CERVICAL IMAGES SEGMENTATION USING ACTIVE SHAPE MODEL

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作者
Benjelloun, Mohammed [1 ]
Mahmoudi, Said [1 ]
Lecron, Fabian [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Mons, Fac Engn, 9 Rue Houdain, Mons, Belgium
来源
BIOSIGNALS 2010: PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BIO-INSPIRED SYSTEMS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING | 2010年
关键词
Segmentation; Vertebrae; Active shape model; Edges;
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R318 [生物医学工程];
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0831 ;
摘要
This paper describes a new method for cervical vertebra segmentation in digitized X-ray images. We propose a segmentation approach based on Active Shape Model method whose main advantage is that it uses a statistical model. This model is created by training it with sample images on which the boundaries of the object of interest are annotated by an expert. The specialist knowledge is very useful in this context. This model represents the local statistics around each landmark. Our application allows the manipulation of a vertebra model. The results obtained are very promising.
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