Methods for segmenting curved needles in ultrasound images

Medical Image Analysis

Volumn 10, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 330-342

  Okazawa, Stephen H ^a   Ebrahimi, Richelle ^a   Chuang, Jason ^a   Rohling, Robert N ^a   Salcudean, Septimiu E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Needle biopsy; Needle segmentation; Percutaneous procedures; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIOPSY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; HOUGH TRANSFORMS; NEEDLES; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; ULTRASONICS;

NEEDLE BIOPSY; NEEDLE SEGMENTATION; PERCUTANEOUS PROCEDURES; ULTRASOUND IMAGES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HOUGH TRANSFORMATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; NEEDLE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 33645865524     PISSN: 13618415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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