Automatic pectoral muscle boundary detection in mammograms based on Markov chain and active contour model.
Lei WangMiaoliang ZhuLi-ping DengXin YuanPublished in: J. Zhejiang Univ. Sci. C (2010)
Keyphrases
- markov chain
- boundary detection
- active contour model
- pectoral muscle
- active contours
- image segmentation
- computer aided diagnosis
- energy minimization
- state space
- segmentation method
- fully automatic
- shape prior
- region growing
- breast cancer
- computer aided
- detection algorithm
- image analysis
- medical imaging
- object boundaries
- maximum likelihood
- level set
- dce mri
- multiscale