Fast numerical scheme for gradient vector flow computation using a multigrid method

IET Image Processing

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 48-55

  Han, X ^a   Xu, C ^b   Prince, J L ^c  

^a CMS Inc   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^c SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

BOUNDARY CONCAVITIES; DEFORMABLE MODELS; GRADIENT VECTOR FLOW (GVF); MULTIGRID METHOD;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 34047243162     PISSN: 17519659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-ipr:20050225     Document Type: Article

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