@inproceedings{d1d2afe097744032b9c039993dedd975,
title = "Multi-organ segmentation of CT images using statistical region merging",
abstract = "Segmentation is one of the key steps in the process of developing anatomical models for calculation of safe medical dose of radiation for children. This study explores the potential of the Statistical Region Merging segmentation technique for tissue segmentation in CT images. An analytical criterion allowing for an automatic tuning of the method is developed. The experiments are performed using a data set of 54 images from one patient, demonstrating the validity of the proposed criterion. The results are evaluated using the Jaccard index and a measure of border error with tolerance which addresses, application-dependant, acceptable error. The outcome shows that the technique has a great potential to become a method of choice for segmentation of CT images with an overall average boundary precison, for six representative tissues, equal to 0.937.",
keywords = "Image segmentation, Statistical region merging, Voxel model",
author = "Gobert Lee and Mariusz Bajger and Martin Caon",
year = "2012",
month = jul,
day = "16",
doi = "10.2316/P.2012.764-052",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-088986909-7",
series = "Proceedings of the 9th IASTED International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, BioMed 2012",
publisher = "International Association of Science and Technology for Development",
pages = "199--206",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 9th IASTED International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, BioMed 2012",
note = "Ninth IASTED International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, BioMed 2012 ; Conference date: 15-02-2012",
}