Comparison and evaluation of methods for liver segmentation from CT datasets

T Heimann, B Van Ginneken, MA Styner… - IEEE transactions on …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a comparison study between 10 automatic and six interactive methods
for liver segmentation from contrast-enhanced CT images. It is based on results from the …

[BOOK][B] Statistical models of shape: Optimisation and evaluation

R Davies, C Twining, C Taylor - 2008 - books.google.com
The goal of image interpretation is to convert raw image data into me-ingful information.
Images are often interpreted manually. In medicine, for example, a radiologist looks at a …

Building 3-D statistical shape models by direct optimization

RH Davies, CJ Twining, TF Cootes… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Statistical shape models are powerful tools for image interpretation and shape analysis. A
simple, yet effective, way of building such models is to capture the statistics of sampled point …

Automatic quantification of subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissue from whole‐body magnetic resonance images suitable for large cohort studies

D Wald, B Teucher, J Dinkel, R Kaaks… - Journal of magnetic …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To develop an automated method with which to distinguish metabolically different
adipose tissues in a large number of subjects using whole‐body magnetic resonance …

[PDF][PDF] A statistical deformable model for the segmentation of liver CT volumes

T Heimann, HP Meinzer, I Wolf - … . MICCAI Workshop 3-D Segmentation in …, 2007 - Citeseer
We present a fully automated method based on an evolutionary algorithm, a statistical shape
model (SSM), and a deformable mesh to tackle the liver segmentation task of the MICCAI …

Segmenting CT prostate images using population and patient‐specific statistics for radiotherapy

Q Feng, M Foskey, W Chen, D Shen - Medical physics, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: In the segmentation of sequential treatment‐time CT prostate images acquired in
image‐guided radiotherapy, accurately capturing the intrapatient variation of the patient …

[HTML][HTML] Automatic liver segmentation on computed tomography using random walkers for treatment planning

M Moghbel, S Mashohor, R Mahmud, MIB Saripan - EXCLI journal, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Segmentation of the liver from Computed Tomography (CT) volumes plays an important role
during the choice of treatment strategies for liver diseases. Despite lots of attention, liver …

Entropy-based particle correspondence for shape populations

I Oguz, J Cates, M Datar, B Paniagua, T Fletcher… - International journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Purpose Statistical shape analysis of anatomical structures plays an important role in many
medical image analysis applications such as understanding the structural changes in …

Comparison of T1-weighted 2D TSE, 3D SPGR, and two-point 3D Dixon MRI for automated segmentation of visceral adipose tissue at 3 Tesla

F Fallah, J Machann, P Martirosian, F Bamberg… - … Resonance Materials in …, 2017 - Springer
Objectives To evaluate and compare conventional T1-weighted 2D turbo spin echo (TSE),
T1-weighted 3D volumetric interpolated breath-hold examination (VIBE), and two-point 3D …

The probabilistic active shape model: from model construction to flexible medical image segmentation

M Kirschner - 2013 - diglib.eg.org
Automatic processing of three-dimensional image data acquired with computed tomography
or magnetic resonance imaging plays an increasingly important role in medicine. For …