We present an improvement of the classical marker-controlled watershed approach in the direction of a better exploitation of user-defined markers. The combined action of a partial flooding and paint drops falling downwards on the gray value relief from marker locations, leads to a robust and meaningful identification of the candidate basins, which is a prerequisite for an accurate segmentation. This is useful for user-controlled segmentation of biomedical volumes in that it facilitates robust identification of complex 3D structures with inhomogeneous borders. To this end, a visual interactive segmentation system has been implemented where different user-data interaction tools can be selected by physicians to generate machine-understandable knowledge in a quick and compact way. Experimental results on selected use-cases demonstrate the strengths of the proposed solutions.
Watershed Segmentation of Medical Volumes with Paint Drop Marking
SIGNORONI, Alberto
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;GRAZIOLI, RiccardoMembro del Collaboration Group
;LEONARDI, Riccardo
Membro del Collaboration Group
2010-01-01
Abstract
We present an improvement of the classical marker-controlled watershed approach in the direction of a better exploitation of user-defined markers. The combined action of a partial flooding and paint drops falling downwards on the gray value relief from marker locations, leads to a robust and meaningful identification of the candidate basins, which is a prerequisite for an accurate segmentation. This is useful for user-controlled segmentation of biomedical volumes in that it facilitates robust identification of complex 3D structures with inhomogeneous borders. To this end, a visual interactive segmentation system has been implemented where different user-data interaction tools can be selected by physicians to generate machine-understandable knowledge in a quick and compact way. Experimental results on selected use-cases demonstrate the strengths of the proposed solutions.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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