Fully automatic liver segmentation combining multi-dimensional graph cut with shape information in 3D CT images

Abstract Liver segmentation is an essential procedure in computer-assisted surgery, radiotherapy, and volume measurement. It is still a challenging task to extract liver tissue from 3D CT images owing to nearby organs with similar intensities. In this paper, an automatic approach integrating multi-d...

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Main Authors: Xuesong Lu, Qinlan Xie, Yunfei Zha, Defeng Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-28787-y