Medical image segmentation algorithms using deformable models: A review

IETE Technical Review (Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers, India)

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 248-255

  Jayadevappa, D ^a   Srinivas Kumar, S ^b   Murty, D S ^a  

^a M S RAMAIAH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Active contours; Deformable models; Levelsets; Medical image segmentation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CONTOURS; BIOMEDICAL INVESTIGATIONS; DEFORMABLE MODELS; HUMAN BODIES; LEVEL SET; MANUAL SEGMENTATION; MANUAL TRACING; MEDICAL IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MEDICAL IMAGES; NONINVASIVE TECHNIQUE; OBJECT BOUNDARIES; QUANTITATIVE DATA; REPRODUCIBILITIES; RESEARCH AREAS; SEGMENTATION METHODS;

ALGORITHMS; DEFORMATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL IMAGING;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 79958744084     PISSN: 02564602     EISSN: 09745971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0256-4602.81244     Document Type: Review

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