Segmentation of fetal ultrasound images

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 243-250

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

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE CASTELO BRANCO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Contour estimation; Fetal anatomic structures; Maximum likelihood criterion; Region based model; Statistical framework; Ultrasound images

Indexed keywords

CONTOUR MEASUREMENT; FUNCTIONS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CONTOUR ESTIMATION; ECHOGRAPHIC IMAGES; FETAL ULTRASOUND IMAGES; STATISTICAL IMAGE MODEL;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; FEMUR; FETUS (ANATOMY); FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SKULL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; FEMUR; FETUS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SKULL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 13644263287     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2004.11.003     Document Type: Article

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