Automatic tracing and segmentation of rat mammary fat pads in MRI image sequences based on cartoon-texture model

Transactions of Tianjin University

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 229-235

  Tu, Shengxian ^a   Zhang, Su ^a   Chen, Yazhu ^a   Freedman, Matthew T ^b   Wang, Bin ^c   Xuan, Jason ^c   Wang, Yue ^c  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Active contours; Cartoon texture model; Sequential images segmentation; Tracing boundary

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CONTOURS; BREAST CANCER; CARTOON IMAGES; CARTOON-TEXTURE MODEL; CHAN-VESE ACTIVE CONTOUR MODEL; FEATURE IMAGES; GLANDULAR TISSUE; GROWTH PATTERNS; IMAGE SEQUENCE; IMAGE SLICES; MRI IMAGE; NEW APPROACHES; OVER SEGMENTATION; POST PROCESSING; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEQUENTIAL IMAGES SEGMENTATION; SMALL HOLE; SPATIAL LOCATION; TEXTURE IMAGE; TRACING ALGORITHM; TRACING BOUNDARY;

HISTOLOGY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING;

TEXTURES;

EID: 67650514983     PISSN: 10064982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12209-009-0041-2     Document Type: Article

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