Hemorrhage Detection and Segmentation in Traumatic Pelvic Injuries.pdfVIP

Hindawi Publishing Corporation Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine Volume 2012, Article ID 898430, 12 pages doi:10.1155/2012/898430 Research Article Hemorrhage Detection and Segmentation in Traumatic Pelvic Injuries Pavani Davuluri,1 Jie Wu,2 Yang Tang,3 Charles H. Cockrell,3 Kevin R. Ward,4, 5 Kayvan Najarian,2, 5 and Rosalyn H. Hargraves1 1 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284, USA 2 Department of Computer Science, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284, USA 3 Department of Radiology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA 4 Department of Emergency Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA 5 Virginia Commonwealth University Reanimation and Engineering Science Center (VCURES), Richmond, VA 23298, USA Correspondence should be addressed to Pavani Davuluri, davulurip@ Received 30 April 2012; Accepted 14 June 2012 Academic Editor: Guilherme de Alencar Barreto Copyright © 2012 Pavani Davuluri et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Automated hemorrhage detection and segmentation in traumatic pelvic injuries is vital for fast and accurate treatment decision making. Hemorrhage is the main cause of deaths in patients within first 24 hours after the injury. It is very time consuming for physicians to analyze all Computed Tomography (CT) images manually. As time is crucial in emergence medicine, analyzing medical images manually delays the decision-making process. Automated hemorrhage d