Handbook of Biomedical Image Analysis Volume I: Segmentation Models

Handbook of Biomedical Image Analysis: Segmentation Models (Volume I) is dedicated to the segmentation of complex shapes from the field of imaging sciences using different mathematical techniques. This volume is aimed at researchers and educators in imagi

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TOPICS IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING INTERNATIONAL BOOK SERIES Series Editor: Evangelia Micheli-Tzanakou Rutgers University Piscataway, New Jersey

Signals and Systems in Biomedical Engineering: Signal Processing and Physiological Systems Modeling Suresh R. Devasahayam

Models of the Visual System Edited by George K. Hung and Kenneth J. Ciuffreda

PDE and Level Sets: Algorithmic Approaches to Static and Motion Imagery Edited by Jasjit S. Suri and Swamy Laxminarayan

Frontiers in Biomedical Engineering: Proceedings of the World Congress for Chinese Biomedical Engineers Edited by Ned H.C. Hwang and Savio L-Y. Woo

Handbook of Biomedical Image Analysis: Volume I: Segmentation Models Part A Edited by Jasjit S. Suri, David L. Wilson, and Swamy Laxminarayan

Handbook of Biomedical Image Analysis: Volume II: Segmentation Models Part B Edited by Jasjit S. Suri, David L. Wilson, and Swamy Laxminarayan

Handbook of Biomedical Image Analysis: Volume III: Registration Models Edited by Jasjit S. Suri, David L. Wilson, and Swamy Laxminarayan

A Continuation Order Plan is available for this series. A continuation order will bring delivery of each new volume immediately upon publication. Volumes are billed only upon actual shipment. For further information please contact the publisher.

Handbook of Biomedical Image Analysis Volume I: Segmentation Models Part A

Edited by

Jasjit S. Suri Department of Biomedical Engineering Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio

David L. Wilson Department of Biomedical Engineering Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio

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Swamy Laxminarayan Institute of Rural Health Idaho State University Pocatello, Idaho

Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow

ISBN 0-306-48550-8 eISBN 0-306-48551-6 set ISBN: 0-387-23126-9 䉷2005 Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, New York 233 Spring Street, New York, New York 10013 http://www.wkap.nl/ 10

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Jasjit Suri would like to dedicate this handbook to his youngest uncle Paramjeet Chadha and his immediate family: his late sister Sharan, his late brother Amarjeet, and his late parents Kulwant Kaur and Udam S. Chadha (Fellow of Royal Institute of London). David Wilson would like to dedicate this handbook to his family and students. Swamy Laxminarayan would like to dedicate this book in memory of his beloved pare