Efficient optimal surface detection: theory, implementation, and experimental validation

Kang Li; Xiaodong Wu; D. Zhixiang Chen; Milan Sonka

doi:10.1117/12.537048

12 May 2004 Efficient optimal surface detection: theory, implementation, and experimental validation

Kang Li, Xiaodong Wu, D. Zhixiang Chen, Milan Sonka

Proceedings Volume 5370, Medical Imaging 2004: Image Processing; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.537048
Event: Medical Imaging 2004, 2004, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

In this paper, a novel polynomial-time algorithm is described for solving the optimal net surface detection problem on proper ordered multi-column graphs in N-D space (N ≥ 3). The method is applied to searching for optimal object boundaries with arbitrary smoothness constraints in volumetric medical images. By simple transformations, such optimal surface detection problems can be simplified to a problem of computing the minimum s-t cuts in the transformed graphs. An efficient implementation for the 3-D case that can achieve near real-time performance on moderate-sized datasets is presented. We further examine our technique in experiments by segmenting the cylindrical surfaces of human airways from pulmonary volumetric CT images, and compare the results to those produced by previous methods. By allowing full specifications of the cost-function and smoothness constraints without degrading the performance, the new algorithm is more flexible than traditional methods and guarantees global optimality. The multi-dimensional nature of the algorithm maintains continuity in higher dimensions.

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Kang Li, Xiaodong Wu, D. Zhixiang Chen, and Milan Sonka "Efficient optimal surface detection: theory, implementation, and experimental validation", Proc. SPIE 5370, Medical Imaging 2004: Image Processing, (12 May 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.537048

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