Weihong Guo1, Michael Judkovich1, Richard Lartey2, Dongxing Xie2, Mingrui Yang2, and Xiaojuan Li2
1Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States, 2Biomedical Engineering, Program of Advanced Musculoskeletal Imaging (PAMI), Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, United States
1Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States, 2Biomedical Engineering, Program of Advanced Musculoskeletal Imaging (PAMI), Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, United States
The proposed active contour model can segment MR thigh muscle groups with an average Dice coefficient of 92.5%. The user only needs to input a few markers inside and outside each muscle group. This step can be automated using atlas registration.
Figure 4: Segmentation results of three muscle groups (quadriceps: yellow, hamstrings: green, others: red).
Table 1: Dice Similarity Coefficients
