Level set segmentation of bovine corpora lutea in ex situ ovarian ultrasound images

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Rusnell, Brennan J ^a   Pierson, Roger A ^b   Singh, Jaswant ^a   Adams, Gregg P ^a   Eramian, Mark G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CORPUS LUTEUM; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL EXPERT; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OVARY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ANIMAL; CATTLE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; VALIDATION STUDY;

BOVINAE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 50549104073     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-6-33     Document Type: Article

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