Automatic measurement of dermal thickness from B-scan ultrasound images using active contours

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 79-90

  Lagarde, Jean Michel ^a   George, Jéróme ^a   Soulcié, Romain ^a   Black, David ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE PIERRE FABRE   (France)

Author keywords

Active contours; Clinical assessment; Image processing; Skin; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL CORRELATION; SKIN; ULTRASONICS;

ACTIVE CONTOUR ALGORITHMS; ANATOMY; B-SCAN ULTRASOUND IMAGING; DERMAL THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

DERMATOLOGY;

COSMETIC; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; B SCAN; CALCULATION; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; DERMIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STANDARDIZATION; THICKNESS;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 17444373947     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2005.00108.x     Document Type: Article

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