A modular software system to assist interpretation of medical images - Application to vascular ultrasound images

2004 IEEE International Workshop on Imaging Systems and Techniques, IST

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 135-140

  Stoitsis, John ^a   Golemati, Spyretta ^a   Nikita, Konstantina S ^a   Nicolaides, Andrew N ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer aided diagnosis; Medical image analysis; Motion estimation; Texture analysis; Vascular ultrasound

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOTION ESTIMATION; NEURAL NETWORKS; ULTRASONICS; USER INTERFACES;

COMPUTER-AIDED DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL IMAGE ANALYSIS; TEXTURE-ANALYSIS; VASCULAR ULTRASOUND;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 15844419018     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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