A general quasi-automatic initialization for snakes: Application to ultrasound images

Proceedings - International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 806-809

  Tauber, Clovis ^a   Batatia, Hadj ^a   Ayache, Alain ^a  

^a IRIT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CONTOURS; QUASI AUTOMATIC INITIALIZATION; ULTRASOUND IMAGES; WEAK DIVERGENCE;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; EDGE DETECTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; ULTRASONICS; VECTOR QUANTIZATION;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 33749642826     PISSN: 15224880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICIP.2005.1530178     Document Type: Conference Paper

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