Multiscale shape description of MR brain images using active contour models

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2710, Issue , 1996, Pages 596-606

  Schnabel, Julia A ^a   Arridge, Simon R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active contour models; Contour extraction; Curvature; Differential invariants; Hierarchical description; Multiscale representation; Shape analysis; Snakes

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

CONTOUR EXTRACTION;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0030313022     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.237962     Document Type: Conference Paper

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