Active contour method with locally computed signed pressure force function: An application to brain MR image segmentation

Proceedings - 2013 7th International Conference on Image and Graphics, ICIG 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 154-159

  Akram, Farhan ^a   Kim, Jeong Heon ^b   Choi, Kwang Nam ^a  

^a Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Active contour method; Local binary fitted; Local image fitted; Segmentation; SPF function

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CONTOUR METHOD; BRAIN MR IMAGE SEGMENTATION; GRADIENT INFORMATIONS; LOCAL BINARY FITTED; LOCAL IMAGE FITTED; REGION BASED ACTIVE CONTOURS; SEGMENTATION ALGORITHMS; SIGNED PRESSURE FORCES;

ALGORITHMS; DRAG REDUCTION;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 84891283378     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICIG.2013.37     Document Type: Conference Paper

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