AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF RIB BORDERS IN CHEST RADIOGRAPHS

Authors
YUE ZJ GOSHTASBY A ACKERMAN LV
Citation
Zj. Yue et al., AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF RIB BORDERS IN CHEST RADIOGRAPHS, IEEE transactions on medical imaging, 14(3), 1995, pp. 525-536
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Biomedical","Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
IEEE transactions on medical imaging → ACNP
ISSN journal
02780062
Volume
14
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
525 - 536
Database
ISI
SICI code
0278-0062(1995)14:3<525:ADORBI>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
An algorithm for detection of posterior rib borders in chest radiograp hs is presented, The algorithm first determines the thoracic cage boun dary to restrict the area of search for the ribs. It then finds approx imate rib borders using a knowledge-based Hough transform, Finally, th e algorithm localizes the rib borders using an active contour model, R esults of the proposed rib finding algorithm on 10 chest radiographs a re presented.