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Many biomedical applications require detection of curvilinear structures in images and would benefit from automatic or semiautomatic segmentation to allow high-throughput measurements. Here, we propose a contrast-independent approach to identify curvilinear structures based on oriented phase congruency, i.e., the phase congruency tensor (PCT). We show that the proposed method is largely insensitive to intensity variations along the curve and provides successful detection within noisy regions. The performance of the PCT is evaluated by comparing it with state-of-the-art intensity-based approaches on both synthetic and real biological images.

Original publication

DOI

10.1109/TIP.2012.2185938

Type

Journal article

Journal

IEEE Trans Image Process

Publication Date

05/2012

Volume

21

Pages

2572 - 2581

Keywords

Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Image Enhancement, Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted, Pattern Recognition, Automated, Reproducibility of Results, Sensitivity and Specificity