Level set based on signed pressure force function and its application in liver image segmentation

Wuhan University Journal of Natural Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 265-270

  Jiang, Huiyan ^a,b   Feng, Ruijie ^a,b   Gao, Xihe ^a,b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

level set; liver; segmentation; signed pressure force

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957987224     PISSN: 10071202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11859-011-0748-5     Document Type: Article

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