Improved segmentation of ultrasound brain tissue incorporating expert evaluation

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 7 VOLS, Issue , 2005, Pages 6480-6483

  Vansteenkiste, Ewout ^a   Pižurica, Aleksandra ^a   Philips, Wilfried ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; BRAIN; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT TREATMENT; SPECKLE; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS;

MEDICAL ULTRASOUND IMAGES; PERIVENTRICULAR LEUKOMALACIA; SPECKLE NOISE; VISUAL INTERPRETATION;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 33846898077     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2005.1615983     Document Type: Conference Paper

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