Bayes Clustering and Structural Support Vector Machines for Segmentation of Carotid Artery Plaques in Multicontrast MRI

Accurate segmentation of carotid artery plaque in MR images is not only a key part but also an essential step for in vivo plaque analysis. Due to the indistinct MR images, it is very difficult to implement the automatic segmentation. Two kinds of classification models, that is, Bayes clustering and...

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Main Authors: Qiu Guan, Bin Du, Zhongzhao Teng, Jonathan Gillard, Shengyong Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/549102