Title :
Constrained-Based Region Growing Using Computerized Tomography-Based Finite Element Analysis
Author :
Youwei Yuan ; Yong Li ; Lamei Yan ; Yanjun Yan
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. Sci. & Technol., Hangzhou Dianzi Univ., Hangzhou, China
Abstract :
This paper presents topological analysis of generating segmented quality meshes through constrained-based region growing. In the algorithm we first calculate the average of the markers´ coordination to get the seed point. Then the novel method for calculating the difference between the neighbours and the average intensity of the seed points as well as using the modification of the Euclidean distance. Finally the method iterates between region growing and surface fitting to maximize the larger number of connected vertices approximated by a single underlying surface. These steps verify all the goals of effectiveness on real data sets from computerized tomography images.
Keywords :
bone; computerised tomography; image segmentation; medical image processing; mesh generation; surface fitting; Euclidean distance; bone; computerized tomography images; computerized tomography-based finite element analysis; constrained-based region growing; marker coordination; seed point; segmented quality meshes; surface fitting; topological analysis; Business; Distributed computing; Computerized Tomography (CT); Finite element analysis (FEA); Region growing;
Conference_Titel :
Distributed Computing and Applications to Business, Engineering & Science (DCABES), 2013 12th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, UK
DOI :
10.1109/DCABES.2013.50