Accuracy and variability assessment of a semiautomatic technique for segmentation of the carotid arteries from three-dimensional ultrasound images

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1333-1342

  Gill, J D ^a,b   Ladak, H M ^a   Steinman, D A ^a,b   Fenster, A ^a,b,c  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

3D ultrasonography; Atherosclerosis; Deformable models; Image segmentation

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; MESH GENERATION; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

3D ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DEFORMABLE MODELS; INTRA-OBSERVER VARIABILITY; SEMI-AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATION; SEMIAUTOMATIC TECHNIQUES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ULTRASOUND; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CAROTID ARTERY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0034046498     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.599014     Document Type: Article

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