Endocardial border identification in two-dimensional echocardiographic images: Review of methods

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 181-193

  Hammoude, Andrew ^a,b,c  

^a IMAGEsystems Inc ^*  (United States)

^b IMAGEsystems Inc   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Border identification; Echocardiography; Edge detection; Image segmentation; Medical imaging; Two dimensional; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

EDGE DETECTION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MEDICAL IMAGING;

BORDER IDENTIFICATION;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032073580     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-6111(98)00024-X     Document Type: Review

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