Semiautomatic ultrasound image segmentation
Tang Zesheng · Journal of Tsinghua University(Science and Technology) · 2002
This article presents an algorithm for semiautomatic segmentation of ultrasound images combining user intervention into the B spline snake models using a new kind of force field and a new control point insertion strategy. The statistical parameters of the snake models are trained on the fly by studying the user intervention to achieve a satisfactory segmentation result. The resulting algorithm is especially useful for dealing with successive slices which need human interaction to provide fast, reliable and verifiable segmentation of ultrasound images.