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JMM2
2007
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13 years 4 months ago
Automatic Extraction of Femur Contours from Calibrated X-Ray Images using Statistical Information
— Automatic identification and extraction of bone contours from x-ray images is an essential first step task for further medical image analysis. In this paper we propose a 3D s...
Xiao Dong, Miguel Ángel González Bal...
CARS
2004
13 years 5 months ago
Navigation system for ACL reconstruction using registration between multi-viewpoint X-ray images and CT images
A high-precision navigation system for Anterior Cruciate Ligament(ACL) reconstruction surgery is presented. In this system, 3D CT data is used to visualize the structure of bones a...
Mamoru Kuga, Kazunori Yasuda, Nobuhiko Hata, Takey...
BILDMED
2007
13 years 5 months ago
Pose Estimation of Eyes for Particle Beam Treatment of Tumors
To assure a correct position and orientation of the patient’s eye in radiation treatment, a new approach in image-guided radiotherapy is used to determine the misalignment of the...
Boris Peter Selby, Georgios Sakas, Stefan Walter, ...
MICCAI
2001
Springer
13 years 8 months ago
Long Bone Panoramas from Fluoroscopic X-ray Images
— This paper presents a new method for creating a single panoramic image of a long bone from several individual fluoroscopic X-ray images. Panoramic images are useful preoperati...
Ziv Yaniv, Leo Joskowicz
CVPR
2010
IEEE
13 years 8 months ago
Object Separation In X-Ray Image Sets
In the segmentation of natural images, most algorithms rely on the concept of occlusion. In x-ray images, however, this assumption is violated, since x-ray photons penetrate most ...
Geremy Heitz, Gal Chechik
CAIP
2003
Springer
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13 years 9 months ago
Computing Neck-Shaft Angle of Femur for X-Ray Fracture Detection
Worldwide, 30% – 40% of women and 13% of men suffer from osteoporotic fractures of the bone, particularly the older people. Doctors in the hospitals need to manually inspect a l...
Tai-Peng Tian, Ying Chen, Wee Kheng Leow, Wynne Hs...
CAIP
2007
Springer
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13 years 10 months ago
Automatic Segmentation of Femur Bones in Anterior-Posterior Pelvis X-Ray Images
Segmentation of femurs in Anterior-Posterior x-ray images is very important for fracture detection, computer-aided surgery and surgical planning. Existing methods do not perform we...
Feng Ding, Wee Kheng Leow, Tet Sen Howe
WACV
2007
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
Recovery of 3D Pose of Bones in Single 2D X-ray Images
Estimation of the 3D pose of bones in 2D images plays an important role in computer-assisted diagnosis and surgery. Existing work has focused on registering a 3D model of the bone...
Piyush Kanti Bhunre, Wee Kheng Leow, Tet Sen Howe
ICPR
2006
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
Atlas-based 3D-Shape Reconstruction from X-Ray Images
In many cases x-ray images are the only basis for surgery planning. Nevertheless it is desirable to draw conclusions about the 3D-anatomy of the patient from such data. This work ...
Hans Lamecker, Hans-Christian Hege, Thomas H. Wenc...