A Novel Active Contour Model for MRI Brain Segmentation used in Radiotherapy Treatment Planning

A Novel Active Contour Model for MRI Brain Segmentation used in Radiotherapy Treatment Planning

Introduction: Brain image segmentation is one of the most important clinical tools used in radiology and radiotherapy. But accurate segmentation is a very difficult task because these images mostly contain noise, inhomogeneities, and sometimes aberrations. The purpose of this study was to introduc...

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Main Authors: Ahmad Mostaar, Mohammad Houshyari, Saeedeh Badieyan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Electronic Physician 2016-05-01
Series:Electronic Physician
Subjects:
image segmentation
active contour model
intensity inhomogeneity
energy function
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4930267/

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