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Potential contours are methods for automatic image analysis. They can be interpreted as contextual classifiers that use expert knowledge and operate in supervised or unsupervised mode. In the present paper, potential contours adapted in the supervised way are examined on medical images.
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Pieta, L., Tomczyk, A., Szczepaniak, P.S. (2008). Medical Image Analysis Using Potential Active Contours. In: Pietka, E., Kawa, J. (eds) Information Technologies in Biomedicine. Advances in Soft Computing, vol 47. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68168-7_6
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