A novel active contour model for fully automated segmentation of intravascular ultrasound images: In vivo validation in human coronary arteries

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1292-1302

  Giannoglou, George D ^a   Chatzizisis, Yiannis S ^a   Koutkias, Vassilis ^b   Kompatsiaris, Ioannis ^c   Papadogiorgaki, Maria ^c   Mezaris, Vasileios ^c   Parissi, Eirini ^c   Diamantopoulos, Panagiotis ^d   Strintzis, Michael G ^c   Maglaveras, Nicos ^b   Parcharidis, George E ^a   Louridas, George E ^a  

^a AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active contour models; Coronary arteries; Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS); Segmentation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CONTOUR MODELS; CORONARY ARTERIES; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND (IVUS); RAPID SEGMENTATION;

BLOOD VESSELS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; MORPHOLOGY;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ACCURACY; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALGORITHMS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LINEAR MODELS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 34447272743     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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