Automatic prostate boundary recognition in sonographic images using feature model and genetic algorithm

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 771-782

  Ruo Yun Wu, ^a   Keck Voon Ling, ^a   Ng, W S ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Algorithm, genetic; Genetic algorithm; Prostate, boundary detection; Ultrasonography, image processing

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PROSTATE; TECHNIQUE; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033744812     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2000.19.11.771     Document Type: Article

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