Lung Segmentation on Postero-anterior Digital Chest Radiographs Using Active Contours.
Isaac IglesiasPablo G. TahocesMiguel SoutoAnxo Martínez de AlegríaMaría J. LadoJuan J. VidalPublished in: SSPR/SPR (2004)
Keyphrases
- active contours
- chest radiographs
- level set
- shape prior
- x ray images
- segmentation method
- image segmentation
- active shape model
- cardiac ultrasound images
- lung nodules
- gradient vector flow
- x ray
- geodesic active contours
- energy function
- active contour segmentation
- energy functional
- object boundaries
- geometric active contours
- level set method
- active contour model
- external force
- region based active contours
- texture image segmentation
- image segmentation methods
- medical images
- curve evolution
- gradient flow
- segmentation algorithm
- region growing
- ct images
- piecewise constant
- multiscale
- image analysis
- image processing
- partial differential equations
- computer aided diagnosis
- medical imaging
- deformable models
- gray level