… of principal curves and formulate a challenging segmentation problem when combining the
principal curve-… definitions of the principal curve to highlight the principal curve's properties. …

… the principal curve method to automatically approach the center of the dataset (21) and use
a principal curve-… Compared with other state-of-the-art principal curve models, the Constraint …

… ultrasound images … ultrasound images that generates accurate contours of the prostate from
a range of datasets. Our method involves three key steps: (1) application of a principal curve-…

… Accurate prostate segmentation in transrectal ultrasound images is particularly challenging
due to the ambiguous boundary between the prostate and neighboring organs, the presence …

… This paper is meant to be an introduction to and general reference for ultrasound imaging
… to the first principal component. This second axis, or second principal component, is defined …

… segmentation of kidney from medical ultrasound (US) images. US imaging allows faster and
more … The vectors of are arranged back into the rectangular image grid to yield the principal …

… ultrasound image. Nineteen practical morphological features from the extracted contour were
calculated and principal … we used an ultrasound image database including 118 images of …

… for less than highly trained users and also complicates image … on the noise properties
in ultrasound images, and on the … The principal curvature directions are computed as two …

… Ultrasound image database used in this research work is acquired from different ultrasound
… This paper includes principal component analysis (PCA) for feature reduction purpose [34]. …

… The image retrieval techniques were employed to differentiate breast tumors, according to the
similarities of the principal vectors… of retrieved images from the ultrasound image database. …