• DocumentCode
    3007518
  • Title

    Contour tracking by minimal cost path approach: application to cephalometry

  • Author

    Romaniuk, B. ; Desvignes, M. ; Revenu, M. ; Deshayes, M.-J.

  • Author_Institution
    GREYC Image, Caen, France
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    24-27 Oct. 2004
  • Firstpage
    937
  • Abstract
    In this paper, a minimal cost approach is used for contour tracking with a good robustness. Dynamic programming was chosen for its efficiency. This general method is applied to the extraction of the cranial contour on high-resolution X-Ray images. As a first step for automated localization of cephalometric points, an ellipse is then fitted on the extracted contour. This method was tested on 424 X-Ray images, with different acquisition parameters.
  • Keywords
    X-ray imaging; dynamic programming; image resolution; medical image processing; acquisition parameter; automated localization; cephalometry application; contour tracking; cranial contour extraction; dynamic programming; high-resolution X-Ray image; minimal cost path approach; Costs; Cranial; Cranium; Image resolution; Paints; Pixel; Shape; Signal to noise ratio; Skull; X-ray imaging;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Image Processing, 2004. ICIP '04. 2004 International Conference on
  • ISSN
    1522-4880
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8554-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICIP.2004.1419454
  • Filename
    1419454