Automated Identification of Vessel Contours in Coronary Arteriograms by an Adaptive Tracking Algorithm

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 78-88

  Sun, Ying ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE PROCESSING--IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES--HEURISTIC;

ADAPTIVE TRACKING ALGORITHM; ANGIOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS AUTOMATION; CORONARY ARTERIOGRAMS; VESSEL CONTOURS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0024628763     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: 1558254X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.20365     Document Type: Letter

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