Segmentation of the common carotid artery with active shape models from 3D ultrasound images.
Xin YangJiaoying JinWanji HeMing YuchiMingyue DingPublished in: Medical Imaging: Computer-Aided Diagnosis (2012)
Keyphrases
- carotid artery
- ultrasound images
- active shape model
- speckle noise
- segmentation algorithm
- accurate segmentation
- edge detection
- region growing
- automatic segmentation
- manual segmentation
- segmentation method
- ground truth
- input image
- segmented images
- shape model
- object recognition
- image data
- deformable models
- image analysis
- segmentation result
- fully automatic
- shape prior
- object boundaries
- fully automated
- low contrast
- graph cuts
- image segmentation
- mr images
- feature points
- gray value
- multi view
- image registration
- multiscale