Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 32, Issue 7 , Pages 766-774 , September 2010

A shape guided C–V model to segment the levator ani muscle in axial magnetic resonance images

  • Zhen Ma
    • ,
  • Renato Natal M. Jorge
    • ,
  • João Manuel R.S. Tavares

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP), Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica (DEMec), Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, s/n, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal. Tel.: +351 22 5081487; fax: +351 22 5081445.
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Received 2 November 2009 ,Revised 2 May 2010 ,Accepted 4 May 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.05.002

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 32, Issue 7 , Pages 766-774 , September 2010

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