Fast and Accurate Semiautomatic Segmentation of Individual Teeth from Dental CT Images

DIn this paper, we propose a fast and accurate semiautomatic method to effectively distinguish individual teeth from the sockets of teeth in dental CT images. Parameter values of thresholding and shapes of the teeth are propagated to the neighboring slice, based on the separated teeth from reference...

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Main Authors: Ho Chul Kang, Chankyu Choi, Juneseuk Shin, Jeongjin Lee, Yeong-Gil Shin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/810796