Robust b-spline snakes for ultrasound image segmentation

Journal of Signal Processing Systems

Volumn 54, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 159-169

  Tauber, Clovis ^a   Batatia, Hadj ^a   Ayache, Alain ^a  

^a IRIT   (France)

Author keywords

B spline snakes; Biomedical imaging; Segmentation; Speckle; Ultrasound images

Indexed keywords

B-SPLINE SNAKES; BIOMEDICAL IMAGING; EXTERNAL ENERGIES; HEART CAVITIES; MUTUAL INHIBITIONS; PAPER ADDRESSES; PARAMETRIC ACTIVE CONTOURS; PRECISE POSITIONING; REGION BOUNDARIES; SEGMENTATION; SNAKE INITIALIZATIONS; SNAKE MODELS; SPECIFIC PROPERTIES; SPECKLED IMAGES; ULTRASOUND IMAGES;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; SPECKLE; SPLINES; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 58149269327     PISSN: 19398018     EISSN: 19398115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11265-008-0186-6     Document Type: Article

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