Segmentation of 3D echocardiographic images using deformable simplex meshes and adaptive filtering

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 22, Issue , 2008, Pages 550-554

  Nillesen, M M ^a   Lopata, R G P ^a   Gerrits, I H ^a   Kapusta, L ^a   Huisman, H J ^a   Thijssen, J M ^a   De Korte, C L ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

3D echocardiography; Adaptive filtering; Cardiac output; Deformable simplex mesh; Image segmentation

Indexed keywords

3D ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CARDIAC STRAIN; CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC IMAGES; ECHOGRAPHIC IMAGES; ENDOCARDIAL SURFACES; EXTERNAL FORCE; FULL VOLUME; HEALTHY SUBJECTS; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLES; LEFT VENTRICLES; MEAN SQUARE; PRE-PROCESSING STEP; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RF-DATA; SEGMENTATION TECHNIQUES; SEMI-AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATION; SHAPE CONSTRAINTS; SIMPLEX MESH; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D);

ADAPTIVE FILTERING; ADAPTIVE FILTERS; DEFORMATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HEMODYNAMICS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 70350625266     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-89208-3_131     Document Type: Conference Paper

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