Visualisierung anatomischer Strukturen von Oberbauchorganen mittels automatisch segmentierter 3D-Ultraschallbildvolumina Ergebnisse einer Pilotstudie

Overhoff, Heinrich Martin; Maas, Stefan; Cornelius, Tyler; Hollerbach, S.

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-18993-7_73

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“…For example, Betrouni et al [17] use elastically deformable models for the segmentation of the prostate. Overhoff et al [25] make use of a region-based approach for visualization of anatomical structures of the liver. Region growing with thresholding and live-wire/live-lane methods are used by Fieberg [18] in addition to morphological segmentation methods.…”

Section: B Segmentationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Quantification of Thyroid Volume Using 3-D Ultrasound Imaging

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et al. 2008

IEEE Trans. Med. Imaging

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Abstract-Ultrasound (US) is among the most popular diagnostic techniques today. It is non-invasive, fast, comparably cheap, and does not require ionizing radiation. US is commonly used to examine the size, and structure of the thyroid gland. In clinical routine, thyroid imaging is usually performed by means of 2-D US. Conventional approaches for measuring the volume of the thyroid gland or its nodules may therefore be inaccurate due to the lack of 3-D information. This work reports a semi-automatic segmentation approach for the classification, and analysis of the thyroid gland based on 3-D US data. The images are scanned in 3-D, pre-processed, and segmented. Several pre-processing methods, and an extension of a commonly used geodesic active contour level set formulation are discussed in detail. The results obtained by this approach are compared to manual interactive segmentations by a medical expert in five representative patients. Our work proposes a novel framework for the volumetric quantification of thyroid gland lobes, which may also be expanded to other parenchymatous organs.

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Section: B Segmentationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Compared to 2-D US, the segmentation of 3-D US volumes is still rarely used for clinical purposes. Overhoff et al [25] apply 3-D US for the visualization of structures in the liver (region-based approach). Baillard et al [22] use 3-D US for the segmentation of the carotid artery (level sets).…”

Section: B Segmentationmentioning

confidence: 99%