Real-time 3D image segmentation by user-constrained template deformation

Med Image Comput Comput Assist Interv. 2012;15(Pt 1):561-8. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-33415-3_69.

Abstract

We describe an algorithm for 3D interactive image segmentation by non-rigid implicit template deformation, with two main original features. First, our formulation incorporates user input as inside/outside labeled points to drive the deformation and improve both robustness and accuracy. This yields inequality constraints, solved using an Augmented Lagrangian approach. Secondly, a fast implementation of non-rigid template-to-image registration enables interactions with a real-time visual feedback. We validated this generic technique on 21 Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound images of kidneys and obtained accurate segmentation results (Dice > 0.93) in less than 3 clicks in average.

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Diagnostic Imaging / methods
  • Humans
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / methods*
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional / methods*
  • Kidney / diagnostic imaging
  • Kidney / pathology*
  • Models, Statistical
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Pattern Recognition, Automated / methods
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Software
  • Subtraction Technique
  • Ultrasonography / methods*