Comparison of B-mode, M-mode and Hough transform methods for measurement of arterial diastolic and systolic diameters

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

Volumn 7 VOLS, Issue , 2005, Pages 1758-1761

  Golemati, S ^a   Stoitsis, J ^a   Balkizas, T ^a   Nikita, K S ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Arterial diameter; B mode ultrasound; Hough transform; M mode ultrasound

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; HOUGH TRANSFORMS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MEDICAL IMAGING; SYSTOLIC ARRAYS;

ARTERIAL DIASTOLIC; B-MODE ULTRASOUND; M-MODE ULTRASOUND; SYSTOLIC DIAMETERS; ULTRASOUND IMAGES;

CARDIOLOGY;

EID: 33846925542     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2005.1616786     Document Type: Conference Paper

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