Creating a 3D model of the temporomandibular joint disc on the basis of segmented MRI slices
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| Year of publication | 2011 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | 34th International Conference on Telecommunications and Signal Processing (TSP) |
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| Web | http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=6043707&refinements%3D4281365863%26sortType%3Dasc_p_Sequence%26filter%3DAND%28p_IS_Number%3A6043654%29 |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TSP.2011.6043707 |
| Keywords | 3D reconstruction; genetic algorithms; magnetic resonance imaging; poly-surface; thresholding |
| Description | The paper deals with the processing of MRI (Magnetic Resonance Images), which are segmented, and using consecutive slices a 3D reconstruction of the TMJ (temporomandibular joint) disc is realized. The segmentation method combines spatial continuity of individual slices and a genetic algorithm. Using the genetic algorithm a threshold is set for the selection of video segments. The MRI technique is one of the non-invasive imaging methods especially for the soft tissues of the human body, which include the temporomandibular disc. After segmentation, a 3D (three-dimensional) model was realized using the marching cube method, and was subsequently smoothed using the Laplace smoothing algorithm. |