A level set method for image segmentation in the presence of intensity inhomogeneities with application to MRI

C Li, R Huang, Z Ding, JC Gatenby… - IEEE transactions on …, 2011‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Intensity inhomogeneity often occurs in real-world images, which presents a considerable
challenge in image segmentation. The most widely used image segmentation algorithms are …

Evaluation of current dental radiographs segmentation approaches in computer-aided applications

AE Rad, MS Mohd Rahim, A Rehman… - IETE Technical …, 2013‏ - Taylor & Francis
With a wide variety researches on Image segmentation techniques in biomedical and
bioinformatics area, it is important to analyze the performance of these approaches in …

Multiplicative intrinsic component optimization (MICO) for MRI bias field estimation and tissue segmentation

C Li, JC Gore, C Davatzikos - Magnetic resonance imaging, 2014‏ - Elsevier
This paper proposes a new energy minimization method called multiplicative intrinsic
component optimization (MICO) for joint bias field estimation and segmentation of magnetic …

Active contours driven by local Gaussian distribution fitting energy

L Wang, L He, A Mishra, C Li - Signal processing, 2009‏ - Elsevier
This paper presents a new region-based active contour model in a variational level set
formulation for image segmentation. In our model, the local image intensities are described …

Active contour model based on local and global intensity information for medical image segmentation

S Zhou, J Wang, S Zhang, Y Liang, Y Gong - Neurocomputing, 2016‏ - Elsevier
This paper proposes a novel region-based active contour model in the level set formulation
for medical image segmentation. We define a unified fitting energy framework based on …

Confirmation of a gyral bias in diffusion MRI fiber tractography

K Schilling, Y Gao, V Janve, I Stepniewska… - Human brain …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Diffusion MRI fiber tractography has been increasingly used to map the structural
connectivity of the human brain. However, this technique is not without limitations; for …

Robust level set image segmentation via a local correntropy-based K-means clustering

L Wang, C Pan - Pattern Recognition, 2014‏ - Elsevier
It is still a challenging task to segment real-world images, since they are often distorted by
unknown noise and intensity inhomogeneity. To address these problems, we propose a …

Automatic segmentation of neonatal images using convex optimization and coupled level sets

L Wang, F Shi, W Lin, JH Gilmore, D Shen - NeuroImage, 2011‏ - Elsevier
Accurate segmentation of neonatal brain MR images remains challenging mainly due to
their poor spatial resolution, inverted contrast between white matter and gray matter, and …

Active contour-based method for finger-vein image segmentation

J Zhang, Z Lu, M Li - IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and …, 2020‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Suffering from uneven illumination and variation of finger position, it is still a tough challenge
to effectively distinguish the vein networks and nonvenous regions in a finger-vein image …

Macroalgae monitoring from satellite optical images using Context-sensitive level set (CSLS) model

X Pan, D Meng, P Ren, Y **ao, K Kim, B Mu, X Tao… - Ecological …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Automatically detecting macroalgae from optical remote sensing images has been a long-
standing problem in ocean monitoring. Existing operational spectral-based techniques tend …