Active fourier contour applied to real time 3D ultrasound of the heart

International Journal of Image and Graphics

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 647-658

  Stetten, George D ^a   Drezek, Rebekah ^b  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive Contour; Elliptical Fourier; Flow Integration Transform; RT3D Ultrasound; Snake

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; MEDICAL IMAGING; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ADAPTIVE CONTOUR; AUTOMATICALLY TRACKING; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES; FOURIER; INTEGRATION TRANSFORMS; OUTSIDE DIMENSIONS; SNAKE; ULTRASOUND IMAGES;

FOURIER SERIES;

EID: 0001573007     PISSN: 02194678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219467801000347     Document Type: Article

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