Deformable Organisms for Automatic Medical Image Analysis

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Healthcare Services
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Analysis,
Reed Elsevier Inc.
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Overview: This paper introduces a new approach to medical image analysis that combines deformable model methodologies with concepts from the field of artificial life. In particular, it proposes 'deformable organisms', autonomous agents whose task is the automatic segmentation, labeling, and quantitative analysis of anatomical structures in medical images. Analogous to natural organisms capable of voluntary movement, their artificial organisms possess deformable bodies with distributed sensors, as well as (rudimentary) brains with motor, perception, behavior, and cognition centers. Deformable organisms are perceptually aware of the image analysis process.

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Format: PDF | Size: 1,475KB | Date: Sep 2002 | Pages: 16


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