Segmentation of lung vessel trees by global optimization.
Pieter BruyninckxDirk LoeckxDirk VandermeulenPaul SuetensPublished in: Medical Imaging: Image Processing (2009)
Keyphrases
- global optimization
- shape prior
- vessel segmentation
- ant colony algorithm
- computed tomography images
- particle swarm optimization
- accurate segmentation
- nodule detection
- pso algorithm
- image segmentation
- min cut
- tubular structures
- segmentation method
- segmentation algorithm
- inverse problems
- level set
- region growing
- vessel enhancement
- medical images
- global solution
- global search
- deterministic annealing
- blood vessels
- vessel tree
- energy function
- constrained global optimization
- carotid artery
- image completion
- binary particle swarm optimization
- search capabilities
- intravascular ultrasound
- computed tomography angiography
- imperialist competitive algorithm