Automatic Contour Definition on Left Ventriculograms by Image Evidence and a Multiple Template-Based Model

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 173-185

  Lilly, Patrice ^a   Jenkins, Janice ^b   Bourdillon, Patrick ^c  

^a EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING, DYNAMIC; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RADIOGRAPHY--DIAGNOSTIC APPLICATIONS;

AUTOMATIC CONTOUR DEFINITION; DIRECTIONAL GRADIENT SEARCH; KNOWLEDGE-BASED IMAGE TRANSFORMATION; LEFT VENTRICULOGRAMS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0024681855     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: 1558254X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.24866     Document Type: Article

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