Swarm Intelligence Integrated Graph-Cut for Liver Segmentation from 3D-CT Volumes
Joint Authors
Eapen, Maya
Korah, Reeba
Geetha, G.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-12, 12 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-11-24
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Medicine
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
The segmentation of organs in CT volumes is a prerequisite for diagnosis and treatment planning.
In this paper, we focus on liver segmentation from contrast-enhanced abdominal CT volumes, a challenging task due to intensity overlapping, blurred edges, large variability in liver shape, and complex background with cluttered features.
The algorithm integrates multidiscriminative cues (i.e., prior domain information, intensity model, and regional characteristics of liver in a graph-cut image segmentation framework).
The paper proposes a swarm intelligence inspired edge-adaptive weight function for regulating the energy minimization of the traditional graph-cut model.
The model is validated both qualitatively (by clinicians and radiologists) and quantitatively on publically available computed tomography (CT) datasets (MICCAI 2007 liver segmentation challenge, 3D-IRCAD).
Quantitative evaluation of segmentation results is performed using liver volume calculations and a mean score of 80.8% and 82.5% on MICCAI and IRCAD dataset, respectively, is obtained.
The experimental result illustrates the efficiency and effectiveness of the proposed method.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Eapen, Maya& Korah, Reeba& Geetha, G.. 2015. Swarm Intelligence Integrated Graph-Cut for Liver Segmentation from 3D-CT Volumes. The Scientific World Journal،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1079181
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Eapen, Maya…[et al.]. Swarm Intelligence Integrated Graph-Cut for Liver Segmentation from 3D-CT Volumes. The Scientific World Journal No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1079181
American Medical Association (AMA)
Eapen, Maya& Korah, Reeba& Geetha, G.. Swarm Intelligence Integrated Graph-Cut for Liver Segmentation from 3D-CT Volumes. The Scientific World Journal. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1079181
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1079181