Academic Radiology
Volume 15, Issue 11 , Pages 1390-1403, November 2008

Automated Segmentation of the Liver from 3D CT Images Using Probabilistic Atlas and Multilevel Statistical Shape Model

  • Toshiyuki Okada, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Computer Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, D11, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
    • Division of Image Analysis, Department of Medical Engineering, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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  • Ryuji Shimada, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Computer Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, D11, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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  • Masatoshi Hori, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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  • Masahiko Nakamoto, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Computer Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, D11, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
    • Division of Image Analysis, Department of Medical Engineering, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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  • Yen-Wei Chen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • College of Information Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, Kutsatsu, Shiga, Japan
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  • Hironobu Nakamura, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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  • Yoshinobu Sato, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Computer Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, D11, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
    • Division of Image Analysis, Department of Medical Engineering, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Y.S.

Received 17 March 2008; accepted 9 July 2008.

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PII: S1076-6332(08)00397-8

doi:10.1016/j.acra.2008.07.008

Academic Radiology
Volume 15, Issue 11 , Pages 1390-1403, November 2008

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