Boundary detection in echocardiographic images using Markovian level set method

IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems

Volumn E90-D, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1292-1300

  Cheng, Jierong ^a   Foo, Say Wei ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Boundary detection; Echocardiographic images; Level set; MRF; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

DROP BREAKUP; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LEVEL MEASUREMENT; MARKOV PROCESSES; TOPOLOGY;

BOUNDARY DETECTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC IMAGES; LEFT VENTRICLES; LEVEL SET; LEVEL SET METHOD; LOCAL STATISTICS; MARKOV RANDOM FIELD MODELS; TOPOLOGICAL CHANGES;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 68249158376     PISSN: 09168532     EISSN: 17451361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ietisy/e90-d.8.1292     Document Type: Article

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