Efficient segmentation with the convex local-global fuzzy Gaussian distribution active contour for medical applications.
Quang Tung ThieuMarie LuongJean-Marie RocchisaniNikolay Metodiev SirakovEmmanuel ViennetPublished in: Ann. Math. Artif. Intell. (2015)
Keyphrases
- active contours
- gaussian distribution
- level set
- image segmentation
- shape prior
- region based active contours
- segmentation method
- cardiac ultrasound images
- energy function
- energy functional
- active contour segmentation
- variational segmentation
- object boundaries
- snake model
- gradient vector flow
- active contour model
- level set evolution
- level set method
- geodesic active contours
- model for image segmentation
- segmentation algorithm
- curve evolution
- image segmentation methods
- geometric active contours
- maximum likelihood
- global minimizers
- region growing
- level set framework
- multiscale
- shape constraints
- narrow band
- object segmentation
- external force
- minimal path
- mumford shah functional
- prior shape
- intensity distribution
- gaussian mixture model
- gradient flow
- expectation maximization
- vector field
- image processing