Left ventricle segmentation in echocardiography using a radial-search-based image processing algorithm

Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS'08 - "Personalized Healthcare through Technology"

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 222-225

  Lacerda, Saulo Guerreiro ^a   Da Rocha, Adson F ^a   Vasconcelos, Daniel F ^a   De Carvalho, João L A ^b   Sene Jr , Iwens G ^c   Camapum, Juliana F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Image processing; Radial search; Sequential information; Two dimensional echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GRAPH THEORY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; SEQUENTIAL SWITCHING; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

BORDER EXTRACTIONS; CARDIAC CYCLES; IMAGE PROCESSING ALGORITHMS; IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; LEFT VENTRICLES; LOW CONTRASTS; MITRAL VALVES; PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS; RADIAL SEARCH; SEARCH ALGORITHMS; SEGMENTATION ERRORS; SEGMENTATION METHODS; SEQUENTIAL IMAGES; SEQUENTIAL INFORMATION; TEMPORAL INFORMATIONS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND IMAGES;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 61849096588     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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