A genetically optimized level set approach to segmentation of thyroid ultrasound images

Applied Intelligence

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 193-203

  Iakovidis, Dimitris K ^a   Savelonas, Michalis A ^a   Karkanis, Stavros A ^b   Maroulis, Dimitris E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LAMIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Active contour models; Genetic algorithms; Level sets; Segmentation; Thyroid; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CONTOUR MEASUREMENT; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ACTIVE CONTOUR MODELS; DELINEATION; LEVEL SETS; THYROID;

ULTRASONICS;

EID: 34948866837     PISSN: 0924669X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10489-007-0066-y     Document Type: Article

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