Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics
Volume 33, Issue 8 , Pages 567-587 , December 2009

A knowledge-based technique for liver segmentation in CT data

  • Amir H. Foruzan

      Affiliations

    • Control and Intelligent Processing Center of Excellence, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
    • ,
  • Reza A. Zoroofi

      Affiliations

    • Control and Intelligent Processing Center of Excellence, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • Masatoshi Hori

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
    • ,
  • Yoshinobu Sato

      Affiliations

    • Division of Image Analysis, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

Received 23 January 2008 ,Revised 26 February 2009 ,Accepted 30 March 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2009.03.008

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics
Volume 33, Issue 8 , Pages 567-587 , December 2009

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