Filtering and restoration of structures in 3D ultrasound images

2007 4th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 888-891

  Acosta, Oscar ^a   Frimmel, Hans ^a   Fenster, Aaron ^b   Ourselin, Sébastien ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

3D ultrasound; Anisotropic diffusion; Restoration

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; STATISTICAL METHODS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; ULTRASONICS;

3D TRANSRECTAL US (TRUS) IMAGES; ANISOTROPIC DIFFUSION; RESTORING STRUCTURES; TILT DEVICES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 36348994825     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISBI.2007.356995     Document Type: Conference Paper

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