Performance Evaluation of Contour Based Segmentation Methods for Ultrasound Images

Performance Evaluation of Contour Based Segmentation Methods for Ultrasound Images

Active contour methods are widely used for medical image segmentation. Using level set algorithms the applications of active contour methods have become flexible and convenient. This paper describes the evaluation of the performance of the active contour models using performance metrics and statisti...

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Main Authors:	R. J. Hemalatha, V. Vijaybaskar, T. R. Thamizhvani
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hindawi Limited 2018-01-01
Series:	Advances in Multimedia
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/4976372

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