A novel active contour model for fully automated segmentation of intravascular ultrasound images: In vivo validation in human coronary arteries.
George D. GiannoglouYiannis S. ChatzizisisVassilis KoutkiasIoannis KompatsiarisMaria PapadogiorgakiVasileios MezarisEirini ParissiPanagiotis DiamantopoulosMichael G. StrintzisNicos MaglaverasGeorge E. ParcharidisGeorge LouridasPublished in: Comput. Biol. Medicine (2007)
Keyphrases
- ultrasound images
- fully automated
- active contour model
- segmentation method
- fully automatic
- optical coherence tomography
- coronary artery
- intravascular ultrasound
- carotid artery
- region growing
- shape prior
- active contours
- edge detection
- imaging modalities
- automated segmentation
- level set
- image segmentation
- manual segmentation
- medical images
- segmentation algorithm
- energy function
- image analysis
- cross sectional
- semi automatic
- level set method
- graph cuts
- energy minimization
- medical imaging
- deformable models
- cross sections
- mri data
- medical image analysis
- computer vision
- seed points
- shape model