Automated contour extraction of mammographic mass shadow using an improved active contour model.
Toshiaki NakagawaTakeshi HaraHiroshi FujitaTakuji IwaseTokiko EndoKatsuhei HoritaPublished in: CARS (2004)
Keyphrases
- contour extraction
- snake model
- active contour model
- gvf snake
- active contours
- perceptual grouping
- edge detection
- b spline
- image analysis
- gradient vector flow
- energy minimization
- region growing
- segmentation method
- breast cancer
- object boundaries
- complex background
- light source
- deformable models
- multiscale
- image segmentation
- shape prior
- control points
- force field
- external force
- single image