Using a distance map and an active contour model to segment the carotid artery boundary from the lumen contour in proton density weighted magnetic resonance images.
Danilo Samuel JodasMaria Francisca Monteiro da CostaTiago A. A. ParreiraAledir Silveira PereiraJoão Manuel R. S. TavaresPublished in: Comput. Biol. Medicine (2020)
Keyphrases
- magnetic resonance images
- carotid artery
- distance map
- manual segmentation
- voronoi diagram
- magnetic resonance imaging
- object boundaries
- deformable models
- medical images
- mr images
- density function
- accurate segmentation
- active shape model
- medical imaging
- mri data
- distance transform
- segmentation result
- medial axis
- ultrasound images
- active contours
- active contour model
- anatomical structures
- shape prior
- high resolution
- mean shift
- region growing
- contrast enhanced
- image segmentation
- fully automated
- density estimation
- probability density function
- multiresolution
- image analysis
- three dimensional
- computer vision