Joint optimization of segmentation and shape prior from level-set-based statistical shape model, and its application to the automated segmentation of abdominal organs.
Atsushi SaitoShigeru NawanoAkinobu ShimizuPublished in: Medical Image Anal. (2016)
Keyphrases
- feature selection
- shape prior
- statistical shape model
- automated segmentation
- shape model
- shape variations
- active shape model
- segmentation method
- object segmentation
- level set
- active contours
- object boundaries
- graph cuts
- segmentation algorithm
- deformable models
- curve evolution
- image segmentation
- shape representation
- active contour model
- mutual information
- ct scans
- energy function
- anatomical structures
- statistical models
- shape matching
- energy functional
- feature extraction
- intensity information
- global optimization
- bayesian framework
- level set method
- medical images
- ground truth data
- user interaction
- prior knowledge
- prior information