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Level Set Segmentation of Biological Volume Datasets

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Breen, D., Whitaker, R., Museth, K., Zhukov, L. (2005). Level Set Segmentation of Biological Volume Datasets. In: Suri, J.S., Wilson, D.L., Laxminarayan, S. (eds) Handbook of Biomedical Image Analysis. International Topics in Biomedical Engineering. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48551-6_8

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