Automatic segmentation of prostate boundaries from abdominal ultrasound images using priori knowledge

2004 2nd IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: Macro to Nano

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 496-499

  Betrouni, Nacim ^a,b   Vermandel, Maximilien ^b   Rousseau, Jean ^b   Maouche, Salah ^a  

^a Institut de Technologie Medicale   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Abdominal ultrasound images; Intra operative; Prostate; Segmentation; Speckle; Statistical Model

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIMULATED ANNEALING; SPECKLE; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ABDOMINAL ULTRASOUND IMAGES; INTRA-OPERATIVE; PROSTATE; SEGMENTATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 17144404920     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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