Processing of Abdominal Ultrasound Images Using Seed based Region Growing Method

Proceedings of International Conference on Intelligent Sensing and Information Processing, ICISIP 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 57-62

  Venkatachalam, P A ^a   Hani, Ahmad Fadzil Mohd ^a   Ngah, Umi Kalthum ^b   Eng, Lim Eng ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Gallbladder; Histogram; Liver; Region growing; Segmentation; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXINS; BIOPSY; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENDOSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY; TUMORS; X RAY LABORATORIES;

ABDOMINAL DISEASES; GALLBLADDER; HISTOGRAM; LIVER; REGION GROWING; ULTRASOUND PROCESSING TOOL (UPT);

ULTRASONICS;

EID: 1942451747     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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