Title :
Stable snake algorithm for convex tracking of MRI sequences
Author :
Kang, Dong Joong
Author_Institution :
Signal Process. Lab., Samsung Adv. Inst. of Technol., Suwon, South Korea
fDate :
6/24/1999 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A snake model for convex tracking contours in 2D medical images is presented. By modelling the local behaviour of the contour, a new constraint that has fast and stable properties is obtained with optimisation by a dynamic programming algorithm.
Keywords :
medical image processing; 2D medical images; MRI sequences; contour local behaviour modelling; convex tracking; dynamic programming algorithm; optimisation; stable snake algorithm;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19990716
