Segmenting multiple overlapping objects via a hybrid active contour model incorporating shape priors: applications to digital pathology.
Sahirzeeshan AliAnant MadabhushiPublished in: Medical Imaging: Image Processing (2011)
Keyphrases
- shape prior
- active contour model
- active contours
- object segmentation
- image segmentation
- level set
- curve evolution
- graph cuts
- deformable models
- shape model
- segmentation method
- object boundaries
- multiple objects
- level set segmentation
- level set method
- region growing
- energy function
- statistical models
- force field
- prior knowledge
- gradient vector flow
- energy functional
- shape variations
- energy minimization
- global optimization
- pose invariant
- external force
- level set based segmentation
- active shape model
- user interaction
- graphical models
- image analysis
- object shape
- bayesian framework
- em algorithm
- expectation maximization