Segmentation of 3D Medical Structures Using Robust Ray Propagation

  • Authors:
  • Hüseyin Tek;Martin Bergtholdt;Dorin Comaniciu;James Williams

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-;-

  • Venue:
  • MICCAI '02 Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention-Part I
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

A robust and efficient method for the segmentation of 3D structures in CT and MR images is presented. The proposed method is based on 3D ray propagation by mean shift analysis with a smoothness constraint. Specifically, ray propagation is used to guide an evolving surface due to its computational efficiency. In addition, non-parametric analysis and shape priors are incorporated to the proposed technique for robust convergence. Several examples are depicted to illustrate its effectiveness.