Segmentation of the prostate from suprapubic ultrasound images

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3474-3484

  Yu, Yongjian ^a   Molloy, Janelle A ^a,c   Acton, Scott T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Active contour; Instantaneous coefficient of variation; Level set; Prostate segmentation; Speckle reduction

Indexed keywords

EDGE DETECTION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOTHERAPY; SPECKLE; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; UROLOGY;

ACTIVE CONTOURS; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; LEVEL SET; PROSTATE SEGMENTATION; SPECKLE REDUCTION;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

ALGORITHM; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE VENTRAL LOBE; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

SERPENTES;

EID: 11244351816     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1809791     Document Type: Article

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