A Variable Background Active Contour model for automatic detection of thyroid nodules in ultrasound images

Proceedings - International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 17-20

  Savelonas, M ^a   Maroulis, D ^a   Iakovidis, D ^a   Karkanis, S ^b   Dimitropoulos, N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LAMIA   (Greece)

^c EUROMEDICA Medical Center   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDGE INDEPENDENCY; IMAGE SUBSETS; THYROID NODULES; ULTRASOUND IMAGES;

AUTOMATION; EDGE DETECTION; IMAGE PROCESSING; TOPOLOGY; ULTRASONICS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 33749618696     PISSN: 15224880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICIP.2005.1529676     Document Type: Conference Paper

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