Virtual bacterium colony in 3D image segmentation

Image processing and analysis is a widely developed and used engineering activity nowadays. On one hand, civilization of the first decades of the 21st century is a more picture-based civilization than ever, mainly due to globalization mechanisms and expansion of social networks. On the other hand, the rapid and symbiotic growth of medicine and technique produces terabytes of imaging data of various modalities, like computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron emission tomography (PET), or ultrasonography (US).
Source: Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics - Category: Radiology Authors: Source Type: research