title: A geometric deformable model for echocardiographic image segmentation.
abstract: Gradient vector flow (GVF), an elegant external force for parametric deformable models, can capture object boundaries from both sides. A new geometric deformable model is proposed that combines GVF and the geodesic active contour model. The level set method is used as the numerical method of this model. The model is applied for echocardiographic image segmentation.
authors.affiliation: Ohio State University, USA. hang.7@osu.edu
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Hang
authors.forename: N L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Greenberg
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D002320:Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular