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Comput Med Imaging Graph
; 31(1): 39-45, 2007 Jan.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-17081729
ABSTRACT
Mathematical morphology was used to quantify the dimensions of the human extraocular muscles in computed tomography orbital scans. Coronal images of 28 patients with Graves orbitopathy and 5 controls (218 orbital scans) were analyzed with an algorithm for extraocular muscle segmentation. The results showed that measurements of extraocular muscle area obtained with semi-automatic segmentation are highly correlated with manual tracing and provides a simple method to quantify orbital structures including the extraocular muscles.