Fast and accurate semi-automated segmentation method of spinal cord MR images at 3T applied to the construction of a cervical spinal cord template.

To design a fast and accurate semi-automated segmentation method for spinal cord 3T MR images and to construct a template of the cervical spinal cord.A semi-automated double threshold-based method (DTbM) was proposed enabling both cross-sectional and volumetric measures from 3D T2-weighted turbo spi...

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Main Authors: Mohamed-Mounir El Mendili, Raphaël Chen, Brice Tiret, Noémie Villard, Stéphanie Trunet, Mélanie Pélégrini-Issac, Stéphane Lehéricy, Pierre-François Pradat, Habib Benali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4376938?pdf=render