Estimating patient-specific shape prior for medical image segmentation.

Wuxia Zhang Pingkun Yan Xuelong Li

Published in: ISBI (2011)

Keyphrases

patient specific
medical image segmentation
shape prior
curve evolution
deformable models
level set
image segmentation
medical images
active contours

graph cuts
level set method
shape model
medical image analysis
object boundaries
ct data
active contour model
statistical shape model
segmentation algorithm

segmentation method
bayesian framework
shape variations
prior knowledge
energy function
statistical models
shape representation
energy functional
active shape model

global optimization
partial differential equations
prior information
shape matching
image intensity
anatomical structures
energy minimization
medical imaging
ground truth