A generalized hermite pyramid for ultrasonic image analysis I. Kidney and liver

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 261-304

  Venkatesh, Y V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Hermite polynomials; image decomposition; kidney; liver; medical imaging; multiscale image analysis; texture analysis; tissue characterization; transform; ultrasonic image analysis; unsupervised classification; wavelet

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LIVER; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; POLYNOMIALS; TEXTURES; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; WAVELET DECOMPOSITION;

HERMITE POLYNOMIALS; IMAGE DECOMPOSITION; KIDNEY; MULTISCALE IMAGE ANALYSIS; TEXTURE ANALYSIS; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; UNSUPERVISED CLASSIFICATION; WAVELET;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KIDNEY; LIVER; PATTERN RECOGNITION; TISSUE PREPARATION; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0030431526     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/uimg.1996.0015     Document Type: Article

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