Detection of luminal contour using fuzzy clustering and mathematical morphology in intravascular ultrasound images

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

Volumn 7 VOLS, Issue , 2005, Pages 3471-3474

  Dos Santos Filho, Esmeraldo ^a   Yoshizawa, Makoto ^a   Tanaka, Akira ^b   Saijo, Yoshifumi ^a   Iwamoto, Takahiro ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; FUZZY SETS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS; ULTRASONICS;

CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND IMAGES; STANDARD DEVIATION;

CONTOUR MEASUREMENT;

EID: 33846936283     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2005.1617226     Document Type: Conference Paper

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