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Gradient-based auto-segmentation
ESTRO Teaching Course Advanced Imaging: PET – Reconstruction, Contouring
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Gradient-based segmentation
Derive a gradient-intensity image:
Plains & Plateaus → Mountain chains & Valleys
Crest detection by applying Watershed Transformation
Cluster analysis
signal
intensity
Image
gradient
PET image
Line profile
position