The use of the gray level SAT to find the salient cavities in echocardiograms

Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 169-195

  Bailes, David R ^a  

^a Visual Automation Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY;

GRAY LEVEL SYMMETRIC AXIS TRANSFORM; SALIENT IMAGE CAVITIES;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030165014     PISSN: 10473203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jvci.1996.0017     Document Type: Article

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