3D level set esophagus segmentation in thoracic CT images using spatial, appearance and shape models.
Sila KurugolJennifer G. DyGregory C. SharpDana H. BrooksPublished in: ISBI (2010)
Keyphrases
- prior shape knowledge
- level set
- shape model
- shape prior
- active contours
- thoracic ct images
- low contrast
- level set method
- partial differential equations
- image segmentation
- energy function
- curve evolution
- contour extraction
- active shape model
- deformable shapes
- shape constraints
- pulmonary nodules
- quotient space
- energy functional
- edge detection
- object boundaries
- statistical models
- level set segmentation
- segmentation method
- graph cuts
- signed distance
- image registration