Vertebra segmentation of spine MRI with improved GVF snake based on shape knowledge.
Yong-Juan ZhaoLin ShiJia-Chun LiJames F. GriffithAnil T. AhujaPheng-Ann HengPublished in: ICMLC (2011)
Keyphrases
- medical images
- statistical shape model
- x ray images
- shape model
- medical imaging
- gvf snake
- brain mri
- gradient vector flow
- shape prior
- level set
- image segmentation
- brain structures
- shape analysis
- magnetic resonance imaging
- contour extraction
- region growing
- intensity distribution
- energy function
- active contours
- vector field
- deformable models
- magnetic resonance images
- active contour model
- mri data
- motion segmentation
- shape variations
- perceptual grouping
- energy functional
- improved algorithm
- shape representation
- shape descriptors
- energy minimization
- ct images
- multi view
- edge detection