Adaptive Energy Selective Active Contour with Shape Priors for Nuclear Segmentation and Gleason Grading of Prostate Cancer.
Sahirzeeshan AliRobert VeltriJonathan I. EpsteinChristhunesa ChristudassAnant MadabhushiPublished in: MICCAI (1) (2011)
Keyphrases
- prostate cancer
- shape prior
- active contours
- region based active contours
- level set
- variational segmentation
- object boundaries
- gradient flow
- active contour model
- segmentation method
- object segmentation
- computer aided
- image segmentation
- energy minimization
- energy function
- force field
- variational framework
- graph cuts
- energy functional
- prior shape
- mr images
- level set segmentation
- gradient vector flow
- curve evolution
- shape variations
- level set formulation
- level set method
- medical image analysis
- pose invariant
- deformable models
- mumford shah functional
- shape representation
- active shape model
- segmentation result
- appearance cues
- segmentation algorithm
- partial differential equations
- snake model
- narrow band
- statistical models
- shape model
- level set evolution
- external force
- user interaction