A new method for the detection of brain stem in transcranial ultrasound images

BIOSIGNALS 2008 - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 478-483

  Schreiber, Josef ^a   Sojka, Eduard ^a   Ličev, Lačezar ^a   Škňouřilová, Petra ^a   Gaura, Jan ^a   Školoudík, David ^b  

^a VSB TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

^b Neurological Clinic   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Brain stem; Detection; Noise; Object recognition; Parkinson's disease; Speckle; Ultrasound images

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BRAIN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

BRAIN STEM; DETECTION; NOISE; PARKINSON'S DISEASE; ULTRASOUND IMAGES;

OBJECT RECOGNITION;

EID: 55649106777     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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