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Medical Image Segmentation by Active Contour Improvement

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Abstract

This paper introduces a new medical image segmentation approach based on active contour improvement. The boundaries in brain images are detected using an original technique of active contour improved by a Region of Interest (ROI) extraction. We compare the results of the proposed model to Chane-Vese active contour model and Caselles’s et al. Geodesic active contour model. Experimental results of brain boundary localization on a national center of Oncology’s database demonstrate the promising performance of this method.

DOI 10.11648/j.ajsea.20170602.11
Published in American Journal of Software Engineering and Applications (Volume 6, Issue 2, April 2017)
Page(s) 13-17
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Keywords

Medical Image Segmentation, Active Contours, Energy Minimization, ROI, Level Sets

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  • Optronic and Information Treatment Team, Atomic, Mechanical, Photonic and Energy Laboratory, Faculty of Science, Moulay Ismail University, Zitoune, Meknès, Morocco

  • Optronic and Information Treatment Team, Atomic, Mechanical, Photonic and Energy Laboratory, Faculty of Science, Moulay Ismail University, Zitoune, Meknès, Morocco

  • Optronic and Information Treatment Team, Atomic, Mechanical, Photonic and Energy Laboratory, Faculty of Science, Moulay Ismail University, Zitoune, Meknès, Morocco

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