Title
Parametric 3D hip joint segmentation for the diagnosis of developmental dysplasia.
Abstract
In this paper, we present a segmentation method for the hip joint from 3D ultrasound data. The proposed approach starts from a well-known energy formulation of the segmentation problem, and employs the extended local structure tensor as image feature in order to incorporate gray level and texture information in a common framework. Using the Kullback-Leibler distance as an intrinsic dissimilarity measure, the energy minimization is performed by estimating the optimal parameters of the sphere and paraboloid that best approximate the femoral head and acetabulum, respectively. A 2D level set segmentation of the iliac bone and an easy user interaction step allow for the introduction of the necessary constraints to make the energy minimization feasible. Experimental results over several data volumes show this approach to be capable of successfully approximating the anatomy of the hip joint by simple geometrical surfaces.
Year
DOI
Venue
2006
10.1109/IEMBS.2006.259251
Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Conference
Keywords
DocType
Volume
kullback-leibler distance,energy formulation,parametric 3d hip joint segmentation,diseases,orthopaedics,image segmentation,3d ultrasound data,biomedical ultrasonics,bone,femoral head,texture information,image feature,iliac bone,energy minimization,acetabulum,image texture,developmental dysplasia diagnosis,medical image processing,2d level set segmentation,gray level information,structure tensor,image features,kullback leibler distance,level set
Conference
1
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
1557-170X
1-4244-003303
5
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.54
6
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Rodrigo de Luis-García115014.15
Carlos Alberola-López251.55