Semiautomatic segmentation of the heart from CT images based on intensity and morphological features

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5747, Issue III, 2005, Pages 1713-1719

  Redwood, Abena B ^a   Camp, Jon J ^a   Robb, Richard A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrhythmia; Catheter ablation; Heart segmentation

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; CARDIOLOGY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA REDUCTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; VISUALIZATION;

CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART SEGMENTATION; X-RAY FLUOROSCOPY;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 23844472023     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.595789     Document Type: Conference Paper

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