Anatomical Modelling of the Musculoskeletal System from MRI

Abstract. This paper presents a novel approach for multi-organ (musculoskeletal system) automatic registration and segmentation from clinical MRI datasets, based on discrete deformable models (simplex meshes). We reduce the computational complexity using multi-resolution forces, multi-resolution hierarchical collision handling and large simulation time steps (implicit integration scheme), allowing real-time user control and cost-efficient segmentation. Radial forces and topological constraints (attachments) are applied to regularize the segmentation process. Based on a medial axis constrained approximation, we efficiently characterize shapes and deformations. We validate our methods for the hip joint and

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: MICCAI
• Authors: Benjamin Gilles, Laurent Moccozet, Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann
• Keywords: Cost-efficient Segmentation, Medical Imaging, MICCAI 2006, Multi-resolution Forces, Multi-resolution Hierarchical Collision