Multiscale active contour model for vessel segmentation

Journal of Medical Engineering and Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-9

  Yu, G ^a   Li, P ^a   Miao, Y L ^a   Bian, Z Z ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Active contour; Deformable models; Level set; Multiscale; Vessel segmentation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION;

ACTIVE CONTOURS; DEFORMABLE MODELS; LEVEL SET; VESSEL SEGMENTATION;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; AUTOMATION; BLOOD VESSEL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; VESSEL SEGMENTATION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RETINAL VESSELS;

EID: 38149053628     PISSN: 03091902     EISSN: 1464522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091900600700798     Document Type: Article

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