Segmentation of the breast region in mammograms using active contours.
Michael A. WirthAlexei StapinskiPublished in: VCIP (2003)
Keyphrases
- active contours
- pectoral muscle
- level set
- geodesic active contours
- level set framework
- region based active contours
- shape prior
- image segmentation
- segmentation method
- active contour model
- object boundaries
- computer aided diagnosis
- cardiac ultrasound images
- gradient vector flow
- variational segmentation
- energy functional
- energy function
- level set method
- external force
- active contour segmentation
- segmented images
- geometric active contours
- texture image segmentation
- image segmentation methods
- curve evolution
- snake model
- evolution equation
- breast tissue
- breast mri
- level set evolution
- object segmentation
- gradient flow
- force field
- boundary information
- digital mammograms
- partial differential equations
- graph cuts
- segmentation algorithm
- region growing
- medical images
- gvf snake
- dce mri
- multiscale
- vector field
- global minimizers
- image processing
- input image
- edge detection
- grey level
- image structure
- deformable models