A GA based approach for boundary detection of left ventricle with echocardiographic image sequences

Image and Vision Computing

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 967-976

  Mishra, A ^a   Dutta, P K ^b   Ghosh, M K ^b  

^a INDIRA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithm; Ultrasound images and snake

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDGE DETECTION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

VENTRICLES;

COMPUTER VISION;

EID: 0042235430     PISSN: 02628856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0262-8856(03)00121-5     Document Type: Article

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