Boundary detection in echocardiographic images by directional gradient vector flow

2004 IEEE International Workshop on Biomedical Circuits and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Cheng, Jierong ^a   Foo, Say Wei ^a   Krishnan, Shankar M ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDGE DETECTION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; VECTOR QUANTIZATION;

BOUNDARY DETECTION; CONTOUR MODELS; DIRECTIONAL GRADIENT VECTOR FLOW (DGVF);

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 28244439255     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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