Optimization of local shape and appearance probabilities for segmentation of knee cartilage in 3-D MR images

S Lee, SH Park, H Shim, ID Yun, SU Lee - Computer Vision and Image …, 2011 - Elsevier
We propose a fully automatic method for segmenting knee cartilage in 3-D MR images
which consists of bone segmentation, bone-cartilage interface (BCI) classification, and …

Automatic knee cartilage segmentation from multi-contrast MR images using support vector machine classification with spatial dependencies

K Zhang, W Lu, P Marziliano - Magnetic resonance imaging, 2013 - Elsevier
Accurate segmentation of knee cartilage is required to obtain quantitative cartilage
measurements, which is crucial for the assessment of knee pathology caused by …

Automatic segmentation of the bone and extraction of the bone–cartilage interface from magnetic resonance images of the knee

J Fripp, S Crozier, SK Warfield… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
The accurate segmentation of the articular cartilages from magnetic resonance (MR) images
of the knee is important for clinical studies and drug trials into conditions like osteoarthritis …

Application of a semi-automatic cartilage segmentation method for biomechanical modeling of the knee joint

MK Liukkonen, ME Mononen, P Tanska… - Computer methods in …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Manual segmentation of articular cartilage from knee joint 3D magnetic resonance images
(MRI) is a time consuming and laborious task. Thus, automatic methods are needed for …

Semantic context forests for learning-based knee cartilage segmentation in 3D MR images

Q Wang, D Wu, L Lu, M Liu, KL Boyer… - Medical Computer Vision …, 2014 - Springer
The automatic segmentation of human knee cartilage from 3D MR images is a useful yet
challenging task due to the thin sheet structure of the cartilage with diffuse boundaries and …

Automatic segmentation of articular cartilage in magnetic resonance images of the knee

J Fripp, S Crozier, SK Warfield, S Ourselin - Medical Image Computing …, 2007 - Springer
To perform cartilage quantitative analysis requires the accurate segmentation of each
individual cartilage. In this paper we present a model based scheme that can automatically …

Automatic segmentation and quantitative analysis of the articular cartilages from magnetic resonance images of the knee

J Fripp, S Crozier, SK Warfield… - IEEE transactions on …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present a segmentation scheme that automatically and accurately
segments all the cartilages from magnetic resonance (MR) images of nonpathological …

Segmenting articular cartilage automatically using a voxel classification approach

J Folkesson, EB Dam, OF Olsen… - IEEE transactions on …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a fully automatic method for articular cartilage segmentation from magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI) which we use as the foundation of a quantitative cartilage …

Cartilage segmentation of 3D MRI scans of the osteoarthritic knee combining user knowledge and active contours

JA Lynch, S Zaim, J Zhao, A Stork… - Medical Imaging …, 2000 - spiedigitallibrary.org
A technique for segmentation of articular cartilage from 3D MRI scans of the knee has been
developed. It overcomes the limitations of the conventionally used region growing …

Segmenting human knee cartilage automatically from multi-contrast MR images using support vector machines and discriminative random fields

K Zhang, J Deng, W Lu - 2011 18th IEEE International …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a novel solution toward the accurate and automatic cartilage
segmentation with multi-contrast MR images based on pixel classification. The previous …