Title :
Automatic Segmentation of Spinal Cord MRI Using Symmetric Boundary Tracing
Author :
Mukherjee, Dipti Prasad ; Cheng, Irene ; Ray, Nilanjan ; Mushahwar, Vivian ; Lebel, Marc ; Basu, Anup
Author_Institution :
Electron. & Commun. Sci. Unit, Indian Stat. Inst., Kolkata, India
Abstract :
We develop an adaptive active contour tracing algorithm for extraction of spinal cord from MRI that is fully automatic, unlike existing approaches that need manually chosen seeds. We can accurately extract the target spinal cord and construct the volume of interest to provide visual guidance for strategic rehabilitation surgery planning.
Keywords :
biomedical MRI; image segmentation; patient rehabilitation; surgery; adaptive active contour tracing algorithm; automatic segmentation; spinal cord MRI; strategic rehabilitation surgery planning; symmetric boundary tracing; visual guidance; Contour tracing; rehabilitation surgery; segmentation; spinal cord; Algorithms; Animals; Cats; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Spinal Cord; Surgery, Computer-Assisted;
Journal_Title :
Information Technology in Biomedicine, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TITB.2010.2052060
