Automated texture-based segmentation of ultrasound images of the prostate

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 131-140

  Richard, William D ^a   Keen, Constance G ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b Scientific Research Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated; Clustering; Prostate; Segmentation; Texture; Three dimensional imaging; Transrectal; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; TEXTURES; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

PROSTATE;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0030572169     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0895-6111(96)00048-1     Document Type: Article

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