Automated segmentation of the thyroid gland on thoracic CT scans by multiatlas label fusion and random forest classification

The thyroid is an endocrine gland that regulates metabolism. Thyroid image analysis plays an important role in both diagnostic radiology and radiation oncology treatment planning. Low tissue contrast of the thyroid relative to surrounding anatomic structures makes manual segmentation of this organ c...

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Published in:J Med Imaging (Bellingham)
Main Authors: Narayanan, Divya, Liu, Jiamin, Kim, Lauren, Chang, Kevin W., Lu, Le, Yao, Jianhua, Turkbey, Evrim B., Summers, Ronald M.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers 2015
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Image Processing
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4695653/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26730397
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.JMI.2.4.044006
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