Automatic contour estimation in fetal ultrasound images

IEEE International Conference on Image Processing

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1065-1068

  Jardim, Sandra V B ^a   Figueiredo, Mário A T ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE CASTELO BRANCO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STATISTICAL METHODS; VECTORS;

CONTOUR ESTIMATION; ITERATIVE ALGORITHMS;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0344703675     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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