An adaptive snake model for ultrasound image segmentation: Modified trimmed mean filter, ramp integration and adaptive weighting parameters

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 214-236

  Chen, Chung Ming ^a   Lu, Henry Horng Shing ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adaptive weighting parameters; Modified trimmed mean filter; Ramp integration; Snake model; Ultrasound image segmentation

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATION; MEDIAN FILTERS; PHANTOMS; PIXELS; SPECKLE; TEXTURES; ULTRASONICS;

ADAPTIVE WEIGHTING; DEFORMATION PROCESS; MINIMAL DISTANCE; MODIFIED TRIMMED MEANS; SEGMENTATION PROCESS; SNAKE MODEL; ULTRASOUND IMAGE SEGMENTATION; ULTRASOUND IMAGES;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

ARTICLE; ENERGY; FILTER; IMAGING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MODEL; PHANTOM; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0034445926     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173460002200403     Document Type: Article

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