Automatic medical image segmentation using gradient and intensity combined level set method

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 3118-3121

  Liu, Shaojun ^a   Li, Jia ^a  

^a Oakland University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GRADIENT METHODS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING;

AUTOMATIC MEDICAL IMAGE SEGMENTATION; GRADIENT INFORMATION; IMAGE INTENSITY; INTENSITY COMBINED LEVEL SET METHOD;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMAN; LUNG; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUNG; MODELS, STATISTICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34047155215     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.259615     Document Type: Conference Paper

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