Shape priors for segmentation of the cervix region within uterine cervix images.
Shelly LotenbergShiri GordonHayit GreenspanPublished in: Medical Imaging: Image Processing (2008)
Keyphrases
- shape prior
- level set framework
- illumination correction
- segmentation method
- segmentation algorithm
- segmentation result
- robust segmentation
- level set
- cervical cancer
- input image
- image regions
- prior shape
- active contours
- image segmentation
- graph cuts
- intensity distribution
- segmented images
- prior shape knowledge
- prior shape information
- object boundaries
- region based active contours
- deformable models
- shape variations
- accurate segmentation
- variational framework
- object segmentation
- shape model
- statistical shape
- variational segmentation
- level set based segmentation
- energy function
- image analysis
- intensity information
- active contour model
- region growing
- user interaction
- region based segmentation
- global shape
- statistical models
- image pixels
- intensity variations
- edge detection
- curve evolution
- level set method
- narrow band
- interactive segmentation
- gradient information
- prior information
- bayesian framework
- appearance cues
- image registration
- prior knowledge
- graph cut segmentation
- energy functional
- multiscale
- image processing
- global optimization
- markov random field
- computer aided diagnosis
- face recognition