Tunneling descent level set segmentation of ultrasound images

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

Volumn 3565, Issue , 2005, Pages 750-761

  Tao, Zhong ^a   Tagare, Hemant D ^a,b  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FUNCTIONS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; SET THEORY; ULTRASONICS;

ACTIVE CONTOURS; ENERGY FUNCTION; EVOLUTION STRATEGY; ULTRASOOUND IMAGES;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 26444442444     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/11505730_62     Document Type: Conference Paper

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