Automatic segmentation of bone tissue from computed tomography using a volumetric local binary patterns based method

Jukka Kaipala, Miguel Bordallo López, Simo Saarakkala, Jérôme Thevenot

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Abstract

Segmentation of scanned tissue volumes of three-dimensional (3D) images often involves - at least partially - some manual process, as there is no standardized automatic method. A well-performing automatic segmentation would be preferable, not only because it would improve segmentation speed, but also because it would be user-independent and provide more objectivity to the task. Here we extend a 3D local binary patterns (LBP) based trabecular bone segmentation method with adaptive local thresholding and additional segmentation parameters to make it more robust yet still perform adequately when compared to traditional user-assisted segmentation. We estimate parameters for the new segmentation method (AMLM) in our experimental setting, and have two micro-computed tomography (µCT) scanned bovine trabecular bone tissue volumes segmented by both the AMLM and two experienced users. Comparison of the results shows superior performance of the AMLM.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationImage Analysis - 20th Scandinavian Conference, SCIA 2017, Proceedings
EditorsPuneet Sharma, Filippo Maria Bianchi
PublisherSpringer
Pages221-232
Number of pages12
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-319-59129-2
ISBN (Print)978-3-319-59128-5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 2017
MoE publication typeA4 Article in a conference publication
Event20th Scandinavian Conference on Image Analysis, SCIA 2017 - Tromso, Norway
Duration: 12 Jun 201714 Jun 2017

Publication series

SeriesLecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume10270
ISSN0302-9743

Conference

Conference20th Scandinavian Conference on Image Analysis, SCIA 2017
Country/TerritoryNorway
CityTromso
Period12/06/1714/06/17

Keywords

  • 3D
  • LBP
  • Micro-CT
  • Segmentation

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