Segmentation of 3-D medical image data sets with a combination of region based initial segmentation and active surfaces

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5032 II, Issue , 2003, Pages 1225-1232

  Pohle, Regina ^a   Behlau, Thomas ^a   Toennies, Klaus D ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active surface; Region based segmentation; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; DATA REDUCTION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ACTIVE SURFACES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0042922781     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.480839     Document Type: Conference Paper

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