Improved localization of coronary stents based on image enhancement

International Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 212-216

  Zaid, A Ouled ^a   Hadded, I ^a   Belhaj, W ^a   Bouallegue, A ^a   Abdessalem, S ^b   Mechmeche, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

^b LA RABTA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Generalized hough transform; Rigid body registration; Stent implantation

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY STENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; SIMULATION; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 67649401653     PISSN: 15509702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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