Accurate Segmentation of Breast Tumors in Ultrasound Images Using a Custom-Made Active Contour Model and Signal-to-Noise Ratio Variations.
Mohammad I. DaoudMohammad M. BabaFalah R. AwwadMahasen Al-NajjarEmad S. TarawnehPublished in: SITIS (2012)
Keyphrases
- ultrasound images
- breast tumors
- active contour model
- signal to noise ratio
- accurate segmentation
- edge detection
- segmentation result
- region growing
- speckle noise
- automatic segmentation
- segmentation method
- active contours
- mr images
- level set method
- noise reduction
- low contrast
- shape prior
- active shape model
- noisy images
- energy minimization
- segmentation algorithm
- edge detector
- numerical data
- image processing
- magnetic resonance
- anisotropic diffusion
- image enhancement
- image segmentation
- deformable models
- medical images
- edge preserving
- multiscale
- level set
- image data