Liver Segmentation from CT Scans: A Survey

摘要

In this paper we describe the state of the art of the semi-automatic and automatic techniques for liver volume extraction from abdominal CT. In the recent years this research focus has gained a lot of importance in the field of medical image processing since it is the first and fundamental step of any automated technique for the automatic liver disease diagnosis, liver volume measurement, and 3D liver volume rendering from CT images.