A hierarchical method based on active shape models and directed Hough transform for segmentation of noisy biomedical images; application in segmentation of pelvic X-ray images.
Rebecca SmithKayvan NajarianKevin WardPublished in: BMC Medical Informatics Decis. Mak. (2009)
Keyphrases
- segmentation algorithm
- biomedical images
- hough transform
- segmentation method
- line detection
- medical images
- active shape model
- energy function
- x ray images
- straight line
- image segmentation
- detection method
- x ray
- statistical shape model
- pairwise
- image analysis
- automatic segmentation
- fracture detection
- edge detection
- level set
- shape prior
- image matching
- deformable models
- graph cuts
- feature extraction
- accurate segmentation
- image processing
- detection algorithm