A novel 3D segmentation approach for segmenting the prostate from dynamic contrast enhanced MRI using current appearance and learned shape prior.
Ahmad FirjaniAhmed ElnakibFahmi KhalifaAyman El-BazGeorgy L. Gimel'farbMohamed Abou El-GharAdel ElmaghrabyPublished in: ISSPIT (2010)
Keyphrases
- shape prior
- appearance cues
- image segmentation
- dynamic contrast enhanced mri
- level set
- interactive segmentation
- graph cuts
- shape variations
- object segmentation
- active shape model
- active contours
- object boundaries
- shape model
- deformable models
- segmentation algorithm
- segmentation method
- energy function
- automatic segmentation
- accurate segmentation
- prior shape knowledge
- active contour model
- global optimization
- user interaction
- statistical models
- energy functional
- chan vese
- multiscale
- segmentation result
- image processing
- prior shape
- prior knowledge
- bayesian framework
- appearance model
- level set method
- energy minimization
- markov random field
- image analysis
- statistical shape model
- prostate cancer
- gray level
- prior information