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Medical Image Segmentation Using Level Sets

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PDE and Level Sets: Algorithmic Approaches to Static and Motion Imagery

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  1. Marconi Medical Systems, Inc., Cleveland, OH, USA

    Jasjit S. Suri

  2. University of Exeter, Exeter, UK

    Sameer Singh

  3. New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, USA

    Swamy Laxminarayan

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    Swamy Laxminarayan Ph.D.

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Suri, J.S., Singh, S., Laxminarayan, S. (2002). Medical Image Segmentation Using Level Sets. In: Suri, J.S., Laxminarayan, S. (eds) PDE and Level Sets: Algorithmic Approaches to Static and Motion Imagery. Topics in Biomedical Engineering. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47930-3_7

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