Quantification of spinal cord atrophy from magnetic resonance images via a B-spline active surface model
2002
A method is presented that aims at segmenting and measuring the surface of the spinal cord from MR images in order to detect and quantify atrophy. A semiautomatic segmentation with very little intervention from an operator is proposed. It is based on the optimization of a B-spline active surface. The method allows for the computation of orthogonal cross-sections at any level along the cord, from which measurements are derived, such as cross-sectional area or curvature. An evaluation of the accuracy and reproducibility of the method is presented.
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