PT Unknown
AU Jorge Bernal
   Joan M. Nuñez
   F. Javier Sanchez
   Fernando Vilariño
TI Polyp Segmentation Method in Colonoscopy Videos by means of MSA-DOVA Energy Maps Calculation
BT 3rd MICCAI Workshop on Clinical Image-based Procedures: Translational Research in Medical Imaging
PY 2014
BP 41
EP 49
VL 8680
DI 10.1007/978-3-319-13909-8_6
DE Image segmentation; Polyps; Colonoscopy; Valley information; Energy maps
AB In this paper we present a novel polyp region segmentation method for colonoscopy videos. Our method uses valley information associated to polyp boundaries in order to provide an initial segmentation. This first segmentation is refined to eliminate boundary discontinuities caused by image artifacts or other elements of the scene. Experimental results over a publicly annotated database show that our method outperforms both general and specific segmentation methods by providing more accurate regions rich in polyp content. We also prove how image preprocessing is needed to improve final polyp region segmentation.
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