Title |
A shape-optimized framework for kidney segmentation in ultrasound images using NLTV denoising and DRLSE
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Published in |
BioMedical Engineering OnLine, October 2012
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DOI | 10.1186/1475-925x-11-82 |
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Authors |
Fan Yang, Wenjian Qin, Yaoqin Xie, Tiexiang Wen, Jia Gu |
Abstract |
Computer-assisted surgical navigation aims to provide surgeons with anatomical target localization and critical structure observation, where medical image processing methods such as segmentation, registration and visualization play a critical role. Percutaneous renal intervention plays an important role in several minimally-invasive surgeries of kidney, such as Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy (PCNL) and Radio-Frequency Ablation (RFA) of kidney tumors, which refers to a surgical procedure where access to a target inside the kidney by a needle puncture of the skin. Thus, kidney segmentation is a key step in developing any ultrasound-based computer-aided diagnosis systems for percutaneous renal intervention. |
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