Knowledge Based Image Analysis for Automated Boundary Extraction of Transesophageal Echocardiographic Left-Ventricular Images

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 602-610

  Han, Chia Yung ^a   Lin, Kwun Nan ^a   Wee, William G ^a   Mintz, Robert M ^a   Porembka, David T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERT SYSTEMS - KNOWLEDGE BASES; IMAGE PROCESSING - IMAGE ANALYSIS;

AUTOMATED BOUNDARY EXTRACTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC IMAGING; KNOWLEDGE-BASED CONTOUR FOLLOWING; KNOWLEDGE-BASED IMAGE ANALYSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL LEFT-VENTRICULAR IMAGES;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0026393122     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: 1558254X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.108595     Document Type: Article

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