Applications of deformable models for in-dopth analysis and feature extraction from medical images-A review

Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 296-318

  Srinivasan, A ^a   Sundaram, S ^b  

^a Department of Computer Science and Engineering MNM Jain College of Engineering ^*  (India)

^b SMK FOMRA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

deformable models; extended deformable models; geometric deformable models; level set; medical imaging; segmentation; snakes

Indexed keywords

DEFORMABLE MODELS; DIGITAL IMAGE ANALYSIS; DIGITAL MEDICAL IMAGES; ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTIC; GEOMETRIC DEFORMABLE MODELS; LEVEL SET; MEDICAL IMAGE ANALYSIS; SNAKES;

DIAGNOSIS; FEATURE EXTRACTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MEDICAL IMAGING;

DEFORMATION;

EID: 84879142560     PISSN: 10546618     EISSN: 15556212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1054661813020132     Document Type: Article

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