Efficient curvature estimations for real-time (25Hz) segmentation of volumetric ultrasound data

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6914, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Wagner, Christopher R ^a   Perrin, Douglas P ^b  

^a Cybernet Systems Corporation   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; OPTIMIZATION; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

CURVATURE ESTIMATIONS; VOLUMETRIC ULTRASOUND DATA;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 43449130088     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.773015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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