A unified approach to expectation-maximization and level set segmentation applied to stem cell and brain MRI images

Proceedings - International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1446-1450

  Lowry, Nathan ^a,b   Mangoubi, Rami ^b   Desai, Mukund ^b   Marzouk, Youssef ^a   Sammak, Paul ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

brain MRI; ESC; Expectation Maximization (EM); iPSC; level set; segmentation; stem cell

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MRI; ESC; EXPECTATION MAXIMIZATION; IPSC; LEVEL SET;

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE; MEDICAL IMAGING; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; STEM CELLS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 80055033576     PISSN: 19457928     EISSN: 19458452     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISBI.2011.5872672     Document Type: Conference Paper

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