Motion gradient vector flow: An external force for tracking rolling leukocytes with shape and size constrained active contours

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1466-1478

  Ray, Nilanjan ^a   Acton, Scott T ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

Active contour; Anisotropic diffusion; Gradient vector flow; Intravital m; Leukocyte rolling velocity

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DRUG PRODUCTS; HEMODYNAMICS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTEGRATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; THEOREM PROVING;

ACTIVE CONTOURS; ANISOTROPIC DIFFUSION; GRADIENT VECTOR FLOWS; INTRAVITAL M; LEUKOCYTE ROLLING VELOCITY;

CELLS;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL CULTURE; CELL MOTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; EVALUATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LEUKOCYTE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; LEUKOCYTES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 10044237712     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2004.835603     Document Type: Article

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