Efficient approach to extraction of region of interest

Ruan Jian Xue Bao/Journal of Software

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 77-88

  Zhang, Hong Mei ^a   Bian, Zheng Zhong ^a   Guo, You Min ^a   Ye, Min ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Curve evolution; Multi initial fast marching algorithm; Multiscale scheme; ROI (region of interest); Segmentation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MEDICAL IMAGING;

CURVE EVOLUTION; MULTIINITIAL FAST MARCHING ALGORITHMS; MULTISCALE SCHEMES; NUMERICAL IMPLEMENTATION; REGION OF INTEREST;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 17944374999     PISSN: 10009825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/jos160077e     Document Type: Article

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