Optimizing the level set algorithm for detecting object edges in MR and CT images

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 156-166

  Heydarian, Mohammadreza ^a,b   Noseworthy, Michael D ^a,b   Kamath, Markad V ^a,b   Boylan, Colm ^a,c   Poehlman, W F S ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Brain Body Institute   (Canada)

^c HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Genetic algorithms; Geometric active contour; Level set method; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATOMS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DROP BREAKUP; EDGE DETECTION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; RESONANCE; TOMOGRAPHY;

BOUNDARY DETECTION METHODS; CANNY FILTERS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CT IMAGES; DETECTING OBJECTS; DYNAMIC GENETIC ALGORITHMS; EDGE DETECTION METHODS; GEOMETRIC ACTIVE CONTOUR; GEOMETRIC DIFFERENCES; LEVEL SET ALGORITHMS; LEVEL SET METHOD; OBJECT BOUNDARIES; OPTIMAL SETS; QUANTITATIVE MEASURES; SEMI-AUTOMATED; SERIAL IMAGES; TWO-STEP METHODS;

LEVEL MEASUREMENT;

EID: 60449112400     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2008.2010517     Document Type: Article

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