Automatic segmentation of artery wall in coronary IVUS images: a probabilistic approach

Computers in Cardiology

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 687-690

  Gil, D ^a,c   Radeva, P ^a   Saludes, J ^a   Mauri, J ^b  

^a Barcelona Perception Computing Lab   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD VESSELS; CATHETERS; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; PROBABILITY; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATION; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

CARDIOLOGY;

EID: 0034474894     PISSN: 02766574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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