Detection of myocardinal boundaries from ultrasound imagery using active contours

Proceedings of the IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1537-1540

  Xu, Fang ^a   Yu, Yongjian ^a   Acton, Scott T ^a   Hossack, John A ^a,b  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CONTOURS; ANISOTROPIC DIFFUSION; GRADIENT VECTOR FLOW (GVF); MYOCARDINAL BOUNDARIES;

ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DIFFUSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MEDICAL IMAGING; SPECKLE; VIDEO RECORDING;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 4143076197     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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