3D Brain Segmentation Using Dual-Front Active Contours with Optional User Interaction

@article{Li20063DBS,
  title={3D Brain Segmentation Using Dual-Front Active Contours with Optional User Interaction},
  author={Hua Li and Anthony J. Yezzi and Laurent D. Cohen},
  journal={International Journal of Biomedical Imaging},
  year={2006},
  volume={2006}
}
  • Hua Li, A. Yezzi, L. Cohen
  • Published 12 October 2006
  • Computer Science, Medicine
  • International Journal of Biomedical Imaging
Important attributes of 3D brain cortex segmentation algorithms include robustness, accuracy, computational efficiency, and facilitation of user interaction, yet few algorithms incorporate all of these traits. Manual segmentation is highly accurate but tedious and laborious. Most automatic techniques, while less demanding on the user, are much less accurate. It would be useful to employ a fast automatic segmentation procedure to do most of the work but still allow an expert user to… 
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