Computer vision approach for ultrasound doppler angle estimation

Journal of Digital Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 681-688

  Saad, Ashraf A ^a,b,c   Loupas, Thanasis ^b   Shapiro, Linda G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated measurement; Automated object detection; Biomedical image analysis; Clinical application; Color Doppler; Computer; Computer analysis; Image analysis; Ultrasound; Vascular; Vision

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTERS; DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER EFFECT; FLOW VELOCITY; GRADING; HEMODYNAMICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS; VISION;

AUTOMATED MEASUREMENT; BIOMEDICAL IMAGE ANALYSIS; CLINICAL APPLICATION; COLOR DOPPLER; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; VASCULAR;

COMPUTER VISION;

ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION;

EID: 72349096038     PISSN: 08971889     EISSN: 1618727X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10278-008-9131-2     Document Type: Article

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