A novel method of incorporating shape information into the image segmentation process is presented. We introduce a representation for deformable shapes and define a probability di...
Michael E. Leventon, W. Eric L. Grimson, Olivier D...
: This paper presents a deformable model based approach for automated segmentation of kidneys from tree dimensional (3D) abdominal CT images. Since the quality of an input image is...
We present a novel histogram method for statistically characterizing the appearance of deformable models. In deformable model segmentation, appearance models measure the likelihoo...
Robert E. Broadhurst, Joshua Stough, Stephen M. Pi...
Abstract. We present a segmentation method for vessels using an implicit deformable model with a soft shape prior. Blood vessels are challenging structures to segment due to their ...
Reliable segmentation of the left ventricle is a long sought objective in medical imaging for automatic retrieval of anatomical and pathological measurements and detection of malf...