Automatic Determining of Vertebrae from CT Images

B. A. Zalesky, A. M. Nedzved, S. V. Ablameiko, P. V. Lukashevich

2010

Abstract

Position of the spinal column and vertebrae on the CT images is one of the main features to determine position of a patient and his organs. In this paper we propose the algorithm to extract the spinal column and vertebrae with ribs from CT images and to estimate their coordinates as well as coordinates of human body in the coordinate system of a CT scanner.

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in Harvard Style

A. Zalesky B., M. Nedzved A., V. Ablameiko S. and V. Lukashevich P. (2010). Automatic Determining of Vertebrae from CT Images . In Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Image Mining Theory and Applications - Volume 1: IMTA, (VISIGRAPP 2010) ISBN 978-989-674-030-6, pages 85-91. DOI: 10.5220/0002963000850091


in Bibtex Style

@conference{imta10,
author={B. A. Zalesky and A. M. Nedzved and S. V. Ablameiko and P. V. Lukashevich},
title={Automatic Determining of Vertebrae from CT Images},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Image Mining Theory and Applications - Volume 1: IMTA, (VISIGRAPP 2010)},
year={2010},
pages={85-91},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002963000850091},
isbn={978-989-674-030-6},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Image Mining Theory and Applications - Volume 1: IMTA, (VISIGRAPP 2010)
TI - Automatic Determining of Vertebrae from CT Images
SN - 978-989-674-030-6
AU - A. Zalesky B.
AU - M. Nedzved A.
AU - V. Ablameiko S.
AU - V. Lukashevich P.
PY - 2010
SP - 85
EP - 91
DO - 10.5220/0002963000850091