Information fusion: Application to data and model fusion for ultrasound image segmentation

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1171-1175

  Solaiman, B ^a   Debon, R ^a   Pipelier, F ^a   Cauvin, J M ^a   Roux, C ^a  

^a ECOLE DES MINES DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Fuzzy logic; Information fusion; Snake model; Ultrasound images

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FUZZY SETS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; SENSOR DATA FUSION; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

DECISION FUSION; ESOPHAGUS INNER WALL; FUZZY MODELING; INFORMATION FUSION; MODEL FUSION; MONOSENSOR ECHO ENDOSCOPIC IMAGING SYSTEM; SNAKE MODEL;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ESOPHAGUS; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MODEL; SENSOR; ULTRASOUND;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENDOSCOPES; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGUS; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0032873267     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.790491     Document Type: Article

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