A FAST, SIMPLE ACTIVE CONTOUR ALGORITHM FOR BIOMEDICAL IMAGES

Authors
EVIATAR H SOMORJAI RL
Citation
H. Eviatar et Rl. Somorjai, A FAST, SIMPLE ACTIVE CONTOUR ALGORITHM FOR BIOMEDICAL IMAGES, Pattern recognition letters, 17(9), 1996, pp. 969-974
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Computer Sciences, Special Topics","Computer Science Artificial Intelligence
Journal title
Pattern recognition letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01678655
Volume
17
Issue
9
Year of publication
1996
Pages
969 - 974
Database
ISI
SICI code
0167-8655(1996)17:9<969:AFSACA>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
A new method for the application of active contours to biomedical imag es is described. The new approach, which involves extensive modificati on of the internal energy function acid a different method of minimisi ng the energy functional, yields rapid, excellent fits to MR images.