A multiscale dynamic programming procedure for boundary detection in ultrasonic artery images

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 127-142

  Liang, Quan ^a,b   Wendelhag, Inger ^a,b   Wikstrand, John ^a,b   Gustavsson, Tomas ^a,b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Artery; Boundary detection; Dynamic programming; Imaging; Ultrasonic

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; EDGE DETECTION; FEATURE EXTRACTION; FUZZY SETS; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TISSUE;

BOUNDARY DETECTION; COARSE SCALE IMAGE; ULTRASONIC ARTERY IMAGES;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COST; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY;

CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033624995     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.836372     Document Type: Article

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