A new active contour model-based segmentation approach for accurate extraction of the lesion from breast DCE-MRI.
Yiping LiuHui LiuZuowei ZhaoLina ZhangXiang LiuPublished in: ICIP (2013)
Keyphrases
- dce mri
- active contour model
- active contours
- model based segmentation
- segmentation method
- image segmentation
- curve evolution
- level set
- object boundaries
- level set method
- mri data
- region growing
- energy functional
- energy function
- accurate segmentation
- anatomical structures
- shape prior
- object segmentation
- shadow detection
- prostate cancer
- image data
- contrast enhancement
- energy minimization
- computer aided diagnosis
- superpixels
- statistical shape model
- segmentation result
- region of interest
- graph cuts
- least squares