Automatic initialization active contour model for the segmentation of the chest wall on chest CT

Healthcare Informatics Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-45

  Choi, Seokyoon ^a   Kim, Changsoo ^a  

^a Catholic University of Pusan   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Active contour model; Automatic initialization; Computed tomography; Gradient vector flow; Mean shape

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957890234     PISSN: 20933681     EISSN: 2093369X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4258/hir.2010.16.1.36     Document Type: Article

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