Title :
Autonomous Segmentation of Liver MR Image
Author :
Chi Dongxiang ; Chen Buyu ; Fan Guangyu
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron. & Inf., Shanghai Dianji Univ., Shanghai, China
Abstract :
It is a matter of difficulty for a segmentation of liver Magnetic Resonance image because of the infiltrations among the internal organs and their individual differences. Based on the previous research, an Iterative Quadtree Decomposition (IQD) algorithm is put forward to obtain a autonomous segmentation result through quadtree decomposition, regional morphology operation and ordering of ROI. The segmentation difficulties of the convex or concave part of the liver image and its boundary are overcome by IDQ. The segmentation result demonstrates the feasibility of the approach and lays foundation for future extraction of tumour.
Keywords :
biomedical MRI; image segmentation; iterative methods; liver; medical image processing; trees (mathematics); ROI ordering; concave part; convex part; internal organs; iterative quadtree decomposition algorithm; liver MR image segmentation; regional morphology operation; Biomedical imaging; Computed tomography; Data structures; Image edge detection; Image segmentation; Information science; Iterative algorithms; Liver; Magnetic resonance; Medical diagnostic imaging;
Conference_Titel :
Information Science and Engineering (ICISE), 2009 1st International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nanjing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4909-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICISE.2009.357