Localized Patch-Based Fuzzy Active Contours for Image Segmentation

Figure 11

Segmentation results using the proposed method with different localization radii. (a) shows the initialization on lumbar spine image; (b)–(f) show the resulting segmentation with means separation energy using localizing radius 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30, respectively.

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