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An Improved Active Contour Model for Segmentation of Medical Images

Großkopf, Stefan ; Park, S. Y. ; Kim, Myoung-Hee (1998)
An Improved Active Contour Model for Segmentation of Medical Images.
Advanced Medical Image Processing. Proceedings 1998.
Konferenzveröffentlichung, Bibliographie

Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)

The application of active contour models (ACM) is a robust method for segmenting noisy images with sparse image features. This well-known technique adjusts an initially given rough approximation of a contour to the location of image features. The main shortcoming is that the result is largely dependent on the shape and location of the initial contour. The reason for this is the local property of the ACM's energy minimisation process. In this paper, we propose two globally working energy minimisation approaches to overcome this problem. In order to be able to selectively define the energy for the region of interest, we include a region oriented energy term that evaluates the homogeneousness of the area enclosed by the curve. This paper discusses the proposed scheme in detail and shows results of applying it to CT, MR, and ultrasonic images.

Typ des Eintrags: Konferenzveröffentlichung
Erschienen: 1998
Autor(en): Großkopf, Stefan ; Park, S. Y. ; Kim, Myoung-Hee
Art des Eintrags: Bibliographie
Titel: An Improved Active Contour Model for Segmentation of Medical Images
Sprache: Englisch
Publikationsjahr: 1998
Veranstaltungstitel: Advanced Medical Image Processing. Proceedings 1998
Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract):

The application of active contour models (ACM) is a robust method for segmenting noisy images with sparse image features. This well-known technique adjusts an initially given rough approximation of a contour to the location of image features. The main shortcoming is that the result is largely dependent on the shape and location of the initial contour. The reason for this is the local property of the ACM's energy minimisation process. In this paper, we propose two globally working energy minimisation approaches to overcome this problem. In order to be able to selectively define the energy for the region of interest, we include a region oriented energy term that evaluates the homogeneousness of the area enclosed by the curve. This paper discusses the proposed scheme in detail and shows results of applying it to CT, MR, and ultrasonic images.

Freie Schlagworte: Computed tomography (CT), Medical imaging, Medical visualization, Medical image processing, Ultrasonic images
Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): nicht bekannt
20 Fachbereich Informatik
20 Fachbereich Informatik > Graphisch-Interaktive Systeme
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