Automatic 3d prostate surface detection from trus with level sets

International Journal of Image and Graphics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 385-403

  Shao, F A N ^a   Ling, Keck Voon ^a   Ng, Wan Sing ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

boundary detection; knowledge based; level set; Prostate; transrectal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; DROP BREAKUP; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; LEVEL MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; UROLOGY;

BOUNDARY DETECTION; KNOWLEDGE BASED; LEVEL SET; PROSTATE; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASOUND;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 33746886154     PISSN: 02194678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219467804001476     Document Type: Article

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