Level Set Based Hippocampus Segmentation in MR Images with Improved Initialization Using Region Growing

The hippocampus has been known as one of the most important structures referred to as Alzheimer’s disease and other neurological disorders. However, segmentation of the hippocampus from MR images is still a challenging task due to its small size, complex shape, low contrast, and discontinuous bounda...

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Main Authors: Xiaoliang Jiang, Zhaozhong Zhou, Xiaokang Ding, Xiaolei Deng, Ling Zou, Bailin Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/5256346