Fully automatic contour detection in intravascular ultrasound imaging

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5, Issue 27, 2004, Pages 108-118

  Brusseau, Elisabeth F ^a,e   De Korte, Chris L ^b,c,d   Mastik, Frits ^b   Schaar, Johannes ^b,c   Van Der Steen, Anton F W ^b,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^d University of Children's Hospital   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Active contour; Coronary artery; Intravascular ultrasound; Rayleigh distribution; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CONTOUR; CORONARY ARTERY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; RAYLEIGH DISTRIBUTION; SEGMENTATION;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD; FREQUENCIES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; STRAIN; TISSUE;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 12144274408     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.532849     Document Type: Conference Paper

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