Slice-based prostate segmentation in 3D US images using continuity constraint

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

Volumn 7 VOLS, Issue , 2005, Pages 662-665

  Ding, Mingyue ^a,b   Gyacskov, Igor ^a   Yuan, Xiaping ^a   Drangova, Maria ^a   Downey, Donal B ^a,c   Fenster, Aaron ^a  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; SPECKLE; THREE DIMENSIONAL; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

IMAGE SPECKLE; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE SEGMENTATION; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASOUND;

ONCOLOGY;

EID: 33846915148     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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