Automatic needle segmentation in 3D ultrasound images using 3D Improved Hough Transform

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6918, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Zhou, Hua ^a   Qiu, Wu ^a   Ding, Mingyue ^a   Zhang, Songgen ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

3d improved hough transform; 3D ultrasound images; Needle segmentation

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; ACOUSTIC WAVES; ALGORITHMS; BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTRONIC GUIDANCE SYSTEMS; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; HEALTH; HOUGH TRANSFORMS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; METALLIZING; NEEDLES; PATIENT TREATMENT; SCANNING; SCHEDULING ALGORITHMS; SURGERY; TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; TISSUE; TUMORS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONICS; VISUALIZATION;

(001) PARAMETER; 3D SPACES; 3D ULTRASOUND (3D US); 3D ULTRASOUND IMAGING; ANGULAR DEVIATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL TIME; DIAGNOSTIC APPLICATIONS; GUIDANCE SYSTEMS; IMAGE-GUIDED PROCEDURES; IMAGE-GUIDED SURGERY (IGS); MINIMALLY INVASIVE; NEEDLE LIKE; NEEDLE SEGMENTATION; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; PENTIUM; SEARCH STRATEGIES; TUMOR CELLS; US IMAGING; UTERINE BLEEDING; WATER PHANTOM;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 44949208575     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.770077     Document Type: Conference Paper

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