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Active Contour Model for Medical Applications

Active Contour Model for Medical Applications
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Author(s): Ritam Saha (Tripura University, India)and Mrinal Kanti Bhowmik (Tripura University, India)
Copyright: 2017
Pages: 24
Source title: Medical Imaging: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0571-6.ch025

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Abstract

Recent developments in medical imaging techniques have brought an entirely new research field. Medical images are frequently corrupted by inherent noise and artifacts that could make it difficult to extract accurate information, and hence compromising the quality of clinical examination. So accurate detection is one of the major problems for medical image segmentation. Snakes or Active contour method have gained wide attention in medical image segmentation for a long time. A Snake is an energy-minimizing spline that controlled by an external energy and influenced by image energy that pull it towards features such as lines and edges. One of the key difficulties with traditional active contour algorithms is a large capture range problem. The contribution of this paper is that to in-depth analysis of the existing different contour models and implementation of techniques with minor improvements that to solve the large capture range problem. The experiment results of this model attain high accuracy detection and outperform the classical snake model in terms of efficiency and robustness.

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