An Improved Fluid Vector Flow for Cavity Segmentation in Chest Radiographs

Fluid vector flow (FVF) is a recently developed edge-based parametric active contour model for segmentation. By keeping its merits of large capture range and ability to handle acute concave shapes, we improved the model from two aspects: edge leakage and control point selection. Experimental results of cavity segmentation in chest radiographs show that the proposed method provides at least 8% improvement over the original FVF method.