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Multiscale representation for automatic identification of structures in medical images.

Rebelo MS, Furuie SS, Gutierrez MA, Costa ET, Moura LA

Heart Institute InCor, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil. marina.rebelo@incor.usp.br <marina.rebelo@incor.usp.br>

The identification of structures is a key step in several applications of medical imaging. In this work we propose a method for the identification of structures using a multiscale approach with inclusion of a priori information about the searched objects. After describing the image structures in the multiscale representation, a matching step determines which structure most likely corresponds to the target. Patterns are generated by previous application of the method to a set of images. We present a prototype for identifying structures in 2D images. A set of experiments was carried out to evaluate the prototype leading to encouraging results.

Published 3 July 2007 in Comput Biol Med, 37(8): 1183-93.
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