Comparison of septal defects in 2D and 3D echocardiography using active contour models

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 377-388

  Lassige, T A ^a   Benkeser, P J ^a   Fyfe, D ^a   Sharma, S ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

3D Ultrasound; Active contours; Feature extraction; Segmentation; Septal defects

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FEATURE EXTRACTION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ACTIVE COUNTOURS; SEPTAL DEFETS;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 0034333532     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-6111(00)00032-X     Document Type: Article

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