Cell-competition algorithm: A new segmentation algorithm for multiple objects with irregular boundaries in ultrasound images

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1647-1664

  Chen, Chung Ming ^a   Chou, Yi Hong ^c   Chen, Curtis S K ^b   Cheng, Jie Zhi ^a   Ou, Yen Fu ^a   Yeh, Fang Cheng ^a   Chen, Kuei Wu ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Breast lesions; Cell competition; Multiple objects; Region competition; Segmentation; Ultrasound images; Watershed transform

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CELL CULTURE; CELLS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; ULTRASONICS;

BREAST LESIONS; CELL COMPETITION; MULTIPLE OBJECTS; REGION COMPETITION; SEGMENTATION; ULTRASOUND IMAGES; WATERSHED TRANSFORMS;

ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREAST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGING SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 28844489860     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2005.09.011     Document Type: Article

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