Automatic prostate boundary detection in ultrasound images using multi-resolution deformable models and fuzzy logic

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5014, Issue , 2003, Pages 290-296

  Nanayakkara, Nuwan D ^a   Samarabandu, Jagath K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computer vision; Contour model; Image processing; Knowledge based systems; Pattern recognition

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER VISION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

CONTOUR MODELS;

FUZZY SETS;

EID: 0042739575     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.473100     Document Type: Conference Paper

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