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    • Computer-Aided Diagnosis
    • Biomedical Engineering

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    • Accurate kidney segmentation in abdominal CT is crucial for surgical planning and pathology detection.
    • Challenges exist due to similar intensity values between kidney parenchyma and adjacent structures.
    • Existing methods require significant manual effort for contour delineation.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop an accurate and efficient method for kidney segmentation in CT images.
    • To reduce the time and labor involved in manual contour delineation.
    • To provide a robust tool for computer-aided diagnosis and surgical planning.

    Main Methods:

    • A coarse-to-fine segmentation strategy was employed, comprising rough and refined stages.
    • Rough segmentation utilized a spatial kernel fuzzy C-means (SKFCM) algorithm.
    • Refined segmentation employed an improved GrowCut (IGC) algorithm, leveraging CT sequence continuity.

    Main Results:

    • The proposed method achieved high accuracy in kidney segmentation on abdominal CT datasets.
    • Sensitivity reached 95.46% with a specificity of 99.82%.
    • The method demonstrated superior performance compared to existing related techniques.

    Conclusions:

    • The developed method significantly enhances accuracy in kidney segmentation.
    • It substantially reduces the time and labor needed for contour delineation.
    • The approach is directly applicable to 3D segmentation without modifications.