An Automatic Segmentation and Reconstruction of Mandibular Structures from CT-Data

In any medical data analysis a good visualization of specific parts or tissues are fundamental in order to perform accurate diagnosis and treatments. For a better understanding of the data, a segmentation process of the images to isolate the area or region of interest is important to be applied beforehand any visualization step. In this paper we present a method for mandibular structure surface extraction and reconstruction from CT-data images. We tested several methods and algorithms in order to find a fast and feasible approach that could be applicable in clinical procedures, providing practical and efficient tools for mandibular structures analysis. Key words: Image Segmentation, Surface Reconstruction, CT-Data.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2009
• Where: IDEAL
• Authors: Iñigo Barandiarán, Iván Macía, Eva Berckmann, Diana Wald, Michael Pierre Dupillier, Céline Paloc, Manuel Graña
• Keywords: IDEAL 2009, Intelligent Agents, Mandibular Structure Surface, Mandibular Structures, Mandibular Structures Analysis