Automatic initialization of active contours and level set method in ultrasound images of breast abnormalities.
Annupan RodtookKhwunta KirimasthongWanrudee LohitvisateStanislav S. MakhanovPublished in: Pattern Recognit. (2018)
Keyphrases
- level set method
- active contours
- ultrasound images
- carotid artery
- force field
- active contour segmentation
- level set
- active contour model
- image segmentation
- object boundaries
- speckle noise
- gradient vector flow
- segmentation result
- segmentation method
- energy functional
- curve evolution
- shape prior
- medical images
- energy function
- geodesic active contours
- edge detection
- multiresolution
- image processing
- mutual information
- partial differential equations