Simultaneous Detection of Both Coronary Borders

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 588-599

  Sonka, Milan ^a   Wilbricht, Christopher J ^b   Fleagle, Steven R ^a   Tadikonda, Satish K ^a   Winniford, Michael D ^a   Collins, Steve M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Noran Instruments ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAMS; SIMULTANEOUS CORONARY BORDER DETECTION; VESSEL BORDERS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0027662628     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: 1558254X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.241888     Document Type: Article

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