title: A level set based algorithm to reconstruct the urinary bladder from multiple views.
abstract: The urinary bladder can be visualized from different views by imaging facilities such as computerized tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. Multi-view imaging can present more details of this pelvic organ and contribute to a more reliable reconstruction. Based on the information from multi-view planes, a level set based algorithm is proposed to reconstruct the 3D shape of the bladder using the cross-sectional boundaries. The algorithm provides a flexible solution to handle the discrepancies from different view planes and can obtain an accurate bladder surface with more geometric details.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, s/n, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal. Electronic address: zhen.ma@fe.up.pt.
authors.forename: Zhen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Renato Natal
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Jorge
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mascarenhas
authors.forename: João Manuel R S
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Tavares
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D001743:Urinary Bladder
keywords: 3D reconstruction; Biomedical engineering; Deformable model; Image analysis; Medical imaging