Bladder MR Image Segmentation by Convex Global Optimization of Coupled Borders

In this study, a convex global optimization-based continuous max-flow (CGO-CMF) algorithm was proposed for the segmentation of bladder inner and outer walls on T2-weighted MR images (T2WI). Experimental results using 12 datasets of 3.0 T bladder T2WI datasets acquired from both volunteers and the patients with bladder cancer demonstrate a favorable performance and efficiency of the proposed approach for bladder segmentation, with the Dice...