• DocumentCode
    1143612
  • Title

    Fast Contour Detection Algorithm for High Precision Quantitative CT

  • Author

    Seitz, Peter ; Rüegsegger, Peter

  • Volume
    2
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1983
  • Firstpage
    136
  • Lastpage
    141
  • Abstract
    An algorithm for the automatic contour detection of objects in CT images is presented. It requires little memory space, allows easy incorporation of different types of local digital filters, and is fast. Typical computation time with a minicomputer is less than one second. An implementation of the algorithm for the detection of bone contours from low dose CT images is given as an example.
  • Keywords
    Bones; Computed tomography; Detection algorithms; Digital filters; Image edge detection; Image generation; Microcomputers; Object detection; Pixel; Smoothing methods;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Medical Imaging, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0278-0062
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TMI.1983.4307627
  • Filename
    4307627