Detection of cardiac boundaries in echocardiographic images using a customized order statistics filter

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 127-137

  Belohlavek, Marek ^a   Greenleaf, James F ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary detection in echocardiography; Nonlinear filters; Order statistics; Ultrasound noise filtering

Indexed keywords

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ION BEAMS; NONLINEAR FILTERING; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

BOUNDARY DETECTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC IMAGES; FILTER PROPERTIES; INTENSITY VALUES; NOISE FILTERING; ORDER STATISTICS; ORDER STATISTICS FILTERS; ULTRASOUND IMAGES;

GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC);

ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FILTER; HEART; IMAGE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030771882     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173469701900203     Document Type: Article

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