Local-global active contour model based on tensor-based representation for 3D ultrasound vessel segmentation

Three-dimensional (3D) vessel segmentation can provide full spatial information about an anatomic structure to help physicians gain increased understanding of vascular structures, which plays an utmost role in many medical image-processing and analysis applications. The purpose of this paper aims to develop a 3D vessel-segmentation method that can improve segmentation accuracy in 3D ultrasound (US) images. We propose a 3D tensor-based active...