Robust Classification and Analysis of Anatomical Surfaces Using 3D Skeletons

dc.contributor.authorReniers, Dennieen_US
dc.contributor.authorJalba, Andreien_US
dc.contributor.authorTelea, Alexandruen_US
dc.contributor.editorCharl Botha and Gordon Kindlmann and Wiro Niessen and Bernhard Preimen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-29T17:02:09Z
dc.date.available2014-01-29T17:02:09Z
dc.date.issued2008en_US
dc.description.abstractWe present a method for computing a surface classifier that can be used to detect convex ridges on voxel sur- faces extracted from 3D scans. In contrast to classical approaches based on (discrete) curvature computations, which can be sensitive to various types of noise, we propose here a new method that detects convex ridges on such surfaces, based on the computation of the surface s 3D skeleton. We use a suitable robust, noise-resistant skeletonization algorithm to extract the full 3D skeleton of the given surface, and subsequently compute a surface classifier that separates convex ridges from quasi-flat regions, using the feature points of the simplified skeleton. We demonstrate our method on voxel surfaces extracted from actual anatomical scans, with a focus on cortical surfaces, and compare our results with curvature-based classifiers. As a second application of the 3D skeleton, we show how a partitioning of the brain skeleton can be used in a preprocessing step for the brain surface analysis.en_US
dc.description.seriesinformationEurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biomedicineen_US
dc.identifier.isbn978-3-905674-13-2en_US
dc.identifier.issn2070-5786en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.2312/VCBM/VCBM08/061-068en_US
dc.publisherThe Eurographics Associationen_US
dc.titleRobust Classification and Analysis of Anatomical Surfaces Using 3D Skeletonsen_US
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