Automated estimation of the upper surface of the diaphragm in 3-D CT images.

Zhou, Xiangrong; Ninomiya, Hiroaki; Hara, Takeshi; Fujita, Hiroshi; Yokoyama, Ryujiro; Chen, Huayue; Kiryu, Takuji; Hoshi, Hiroaki · IEEE Trans Biomed Eng · 2008

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Abstract

This communication describes a fully automated method by which the position of the diaphragm surface can be estimated by deforming a thin-plate model to match the bottom surface of the lung in CT images. This method was applied to 338 X-ray CT scans, and its validity was proved by the experimental results.

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