Segmentation of Intravascular Ultrasound Images: A Knowledge-Based Approach

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 719-732

  Sonka, Milan ^a   Zhang, Xiangmin ^a   Siebes, Maria ^a   Bissing, Mark S ^a   DeJong, Steven C ^a   Collins, Steve M ^a   McKay, Charles R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD VESSELS; CATHETERS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

BORDER DETECTION METHOD; CADAVERIC HEARTS; CORONARY ARTERIES; CORONARY LUMEN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND IMAGING; PLAQUE; VESSEL WALL ARCHITECTURE;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0029481761     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: 1558254X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.476113     Document Type: Article

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