On-line analysis of echocardiographic image sequences

Medical Image Analysis

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 261-284

  Giachetti, Andrea ^a  

^a CENTER FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active contours; Echocardiography; Ejection fraction; Left ventricle; Optical flow; Tracking; User interface

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAROTID ARTERY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; ONLINE SYSTEM;

ALGORITHMS; CAROTID ARTERIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032153234     PISSN: 13618415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1361-8415(98)80023-6     Document Type: Article

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