A multiparametrie and multiresolution segmentation algorithm of 3-d ultrasonic data

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 64-77

  Boukcrroui, Djamal ^a,b   Basset, Olivier ^b   Baskurt, Atilla ^c   Gimenez, Gérard ^b  

^a IEEE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAXIMUM A POSTERIOR (MAP) ESTIMATION;

ALGORITHMS; DATA REDUCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOG; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOGS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; HEART; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034745849     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.895909     Document Type: Article

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