Robust Simultaneous Detection of Coronary Borders in Complex Images

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 151-161

  Sonka, Milan ^a   Winniford, Michael D ^a   Collins, Steve M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSELS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DISEASES; ESTIMATION; RELIABILITY;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY BORDER DETECTION; STENOSIS DIAMETERS;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029264263     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: 1558254X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.370412     Document Type: Article

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