A new scheme for femur shape recovery from volumetric images using deformable models was proposed. First, prior 3 D deformable femur models are created as templates using point distribution models technology. Second, ...A new scheme for femur shape recovery from volumetric images using deformable models was proposed. First, prior 3 D deformable femur models are created as templates using point distribution models technology. Second, active contour models are employed to segment the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) volumetric images of the tibial and femoral joints and the deformable models are initialized based on the segmentation results. Finally, the objective function is minimized to give the optimal results constraining the surface of shapes.展开更多
基金National Natural Science Foundation ofChina!( 69772 0 0 2 )
文摘A new scheme for femur shape recovery from volumetric images using deformable models was proposed. First, prior 3 D deformable femur models are created as templates using point distribution models technology. Second, active contour models are employed to segment the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) volumetric images of the tibial and femoral joints and the deformable models are initialized based on the segmentation results. Finally, the objective function is minimized to give the optimal results constraining the surface of shapes.
