Active contour extraction method using partial shape constraint contour model

Systems and Computers in Japan

Volumn 31, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 20-28

  Nishiura, Masahide ^a,b,c,d   Yuasa, Mayumi ^a,c,e,f   Watanabe, Mutsumi ^a,c,d,g,h  

^a TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Toshiba's R and D Center   (Japan)

^d IPSJ   (Japan)

^e OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f Japan Soc Med Electronics Biol E   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^h KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CONTOUR EXTRACTION; CARDIOGRAPH; PARTIAL SHAPE CONSTRAINT CONTOUR MODEL;

CARDIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTRAINT THEORY; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATTERN MATCHING; STATISTICAL METHODS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

FEATURE EXTRACTION;

EID: 0034514898     PISSN: 08821666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1520-684X(200012)31:14<20::AID-SCJ3>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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