Medical Image Segmentation

Abstract:

Medical image plays an important role in the assist doctors in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. For the medical image, the further analysis and diagnosis of the target area is based on image segmentation. There are many different kinds of image segmentation algorithms. In this paper, image segmentation algorithms are divided into classical image segmentation algorithms and segmentation methods combined with certain mathematical tools, including threshold segmentation methods, image segmentation algorithms based on the edge, image segmentation algorithms based on the region, image segmentation algorithms based on artificial neural network technology, image segmentation algorithms based on contour model and image segmentation algorithm based on statistical major segmentation algorithm and so on. Finally, the development trend of medical image segmentation algorithms is discussed.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 760-762)
• Pages: 1590-1593
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.760-762.1590
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Bing Song He, Feng Zhu, Yong Gang Shi
• Keywords: Mage Segmentation, Medical Image

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