Segmentation of breast MR images using a generalised 2D mathematical model with inflation and deflation forces of active contours.
Andrik RampunBryan W. ScotneyPhilip J. MorrowHui WangJohn WinderPublished in: Artif. Intell. Medicine (2019)
Keyphrases
- mathematical model
- mr images
- active contours
- dynamic contrast enhanced
- external force
- level set
- medical images
- shape prior
- magnetic resonance
- segmentation method
- deformable models
- intensity inhomogeneity
- image segmentation
- magnetic resonance images
- gradient vector flow
- active contour model
- brain mr images
- force field
- object boundaries
- energy function
- brain tumors
- mri data
- manual segmentation
- segmentation result
- geodesic active contours
- vector field
- brain structures
- dce mri
- energy functional
- contrast enhanced
- image data
- curve evolution
- intensity distribution
- level set method
- medical imaging
- image intensity
- object segmentation
- breast mri
- anatomical structures
- segmentation algorithm
- region growing
- partial differential equations
- magnetic resonance imaging
- shape representation
- multiscale
- level set functions
- image processing