Ovarian ultrasound image analysis: Follicle segmentation

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 935-944

  Krivanek, Anthony ^a   Sonka, Milan ^a  

^a IA United States   (United States)

Author keywords

Follicle; Ovarian ultrasound; Segmentation; Watershed transform

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OVARY FOLLICLE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR MODELS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

FOLLICLE WALL SEGMENTATION; OVARIAN ULTRASOUND; WATERSHED TRANSFORM;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0032216606     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.746626     Document Type: Article

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