Application of Proximity Operator in the MR Image Segmentation

Abstract

this paper presents a proximity operator based GAC approach to MR image segmentation method. Our method is a combination of geodesic active contours and the optimization tool of proximity operator in that it uses proximity op- erator to iteratively deform the contour. Consequently, it has the following advantages. The operator has the ability to jump over local minima and provide a more global result. The proximity operator is used to solve GAC fast image seg- mentation model, gets an efficient iterative algorithm. Our approach easily extends to the segmentation of MRI objects and not sensitive to the noise. In addition, the algorithm is suitable for interactive correction and is shown to always con- verge. Experimental results and analyses are provided.