Level set formulation based on edge and region information with application to accurate lesion segmentation of brain magnetic resonance images

Y Yang, W Jia, X Shu, B Wu - Journal of Optimization Theory and …, 2019 - Springer
Magnetic resonance images have great significance for doctors' analysis and diagnosis of
diseases. One difficulty in segmenting magnetic resonance images is associated with the …

Multi-phase level set method for precise segmentation and correction of brain MRI

Y Yang, Y Yang, S Zhong - Signal, Image and Video Processing, 2021 - Springer
Medical image segmentation as an earlier application field in image segmentation is the key
technology of medical image analysis and is also a key point and difficulty in clinical …

Adaptive segmentation of magnetic resonance images with intensity inhomogeneity using level set method

L Liu, Q Zhang, M Wu, W Li, F Shang - Magnetic resonance imaging, 2013 - Elsevier
It is a big challenge to segment magnetic resonance (MR) images with intensity
inhomogeneity. The widely used segmentation algorithms are region based, which mostly …

A novel brain tumor segmentation from multi-modality MRI via a level-set-based model

Y Song, Z Ji, Q Sun, Y Zheng - Journal of Signal Processing Systems, 2017 - Springer
Segmentation of brain tumor from magnetic resonance imaging is a challenging and time-
consuming task due to the unpredictable appearance of tumor tissue in practical …

A variational level set method image segmentation model with application to intensity inhomogene magnetic resonance imaging

C Li, J Su, L Yu, L Wang, L Ze - Digital Medicine, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Materials and Methods: We quantitatively compare our method with other two state-of-the-art
algorithms, namely, CV model and local binary fitting (LBF) model in segmenting synthetic …

Brain MR image segmentation based on an improved active contour model

X Meng, W Gu, Y Chen, J Zhang - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
It is often a difficult task to accurately segment brain magnetic resonance (MR) images with
intensity in-homogeneity and noise. This paper introduces a novel level set method for …

Segmentation of MR image using local and global region based geodesic model

X Li, D Jiang, Y Shi, W Li - Biomedical engineering online, 2015 - Springer
Background Segmentation of the magnetic resonance (MR) images is fundamentally
important in medical image analysis. Intensity inhomogeneity due to the unknown noise and …

Active contours driven by local and global intensity fitting energy with application to brain MR image segmentation

L Wang, C Li, Q Sun, D Xia, CY Kao - Computerized medical imaging and …, 2009 - Elsevier
In this paper, we propose an improved region-based active contour model in a variational
level set formulation. We define an energy functional with a local intensity fitting term, which …

Efficient active contour model for multiphase segmentation with application to brain MR images

Y Yang, Y Zhao, B Wu - … Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial …, 2013 - World Scientific
In this paper, we propose an efficient active contour model for multiphase image
segmentation in a variational level set formulation. By incorporating the globally convex …

Automatic segmentation for brain MR images via a convex optimized segmentation and bias field correction coupled model

Y Chen, B Zhao, J Zhang, Y Zheng - Magnetic resonance imaging, 2014 - Elsevier
Accurate segmentation of magnetic resonance (MR) images remains challenging mainly
due to the intensity inhomogeneity, which is also commonly known as bias field. Recently …