Concurrent active contour segmentation
Abstract:
A system and method for active contour segmentation. An image of a first and at least a second structure, a first position for the first structure, and at least a second position for the at least second structure are received, the first and the at least second positions are set as a first and an at least second initial contour, and the first and the at least second initial contours are concurrently and iteratively deformed to respectively expand into a first and at least a second expanded contour matching a shape of the first and the at least second structure by applying constraints to each point of the first and the at least second initial contour, comprising a constraint for preventing the first and at least one of the at least second initial contour from intersecting one another upon being deformed, and the constraints are updated after each iteration.
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