Automatic cardiac LV boundary detection and tracking using hybrid fuzzy temporal and fuzzy multiscale edge detection

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1364-1378

  Kamaledin Setarehdan, S ^a   Soraghan, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary detection; Echocardiography; Edge detection; Fuzzy logic; Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; HEART CYCLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEM;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FUZZY LOGIC; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032711747     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.797997     Document Type: Article

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