Volume Segmentation and Reconstruction from Freehand Three-Dimensional Ultrasound Data with Application to Ovarian Follicle Measurement

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 183-195

  Gooding, Mark J ^a   Kennedy, Stephen ^b   Noble, J Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Freehand; Ovarian follicle; Three dimensional; Volume reconstruction

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

CLINICAL MEASUREMENT; LEVEL SET METHOD; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; VOLUME RECONSTRUCTION;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VIVO STUDY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND;

ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; OVARIAN DISEASES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE;

EID: 38349159065     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.07.023     Document Type: Article

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