Research Article

Segmentation and Tracking of Lymphocytes Based on Modified Active Contour Models in Phase Contrast Microscopy Images

Table 1

Parameters settings and execution times for images 1–4 of the four kinds of active contour methods.

Parameters settingsNumber of iterationsRun time (seconds)
Image  1Image  2Image  3Image  4

GVF = 1, = 0.8, = 0.2, = 0.11002.262.252.392.17
GAC = 0.1, = 12004.083.994.164.05
CV = 0.1, = 0.2, = 0, = = 12002.922.632.632.72
VFC_MGRL = 1, = 2, = 0.2, = 2, size = 131001.711.782.051.91