Active contours initialization for ultrasound carotid artery images

AICCSA 08 - 6th IEEE/ACS International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 629-636

  Moursi, Sherif G ^a   El Sakka, Mahmoud R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active contour methods; Carotid artery; Initial contour; Ultrasound image

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; FLOW INTERACTIONS; HEALTH; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MEDICAL IMAGING; STATISTICAL TESTS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

ACTIVE CONTOUR ALGORITHMS; ACTIVE CONTOUR METHODS; ACTIVE CONTOURS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; INITIAL CONTOUR; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; MEAN VALUE; PRECISION RATES; REGION -OF-INTEREST; RULE-BASED; SEED POINT; TEST CASES; ULTRASOUND IMAGE; ULTRASOUND IMAGES; USER INTERACTIONS;

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 50049113898     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AICCSA.2008.4493596     Document Type: Conference Paper

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