Automatic segmentation of neonatal images using convex optimization and coupled level sets

NeuroImage

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 805-817

  Wang, Li ^a   Shi, Feng ^a   Lin, Weili ^a   Gilmore, John H ^a   Shen, Dinggang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlas based segmentation; Convex optimization; Coupled level sets; Neonatal tissue segmentation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRAIN CORTEX; CONVEX OPTIMIZATION; COUPLED LEVEL SET; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN PERIOD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 80052159689     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.06.064     Document Type: Article

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