Segmentation of prostate ultrasound images using an improved snakes model

International Conference on Signal Processing Proceedings, ICSP

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 2568-2571

  Jendoubi, Ahmed ^a   Zeng, Jianchao ^a   Chouikha, Mohamed F ^a  

^a Howard University   (United States)

Author keywords

Deformable models; Edge detection; Median filtering; Prostate ultrasound image; Snakes model

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; BIOPSY; DETECTORS; EDGE DETECTION; FILTRATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TUMORS; VECTORS;

DEFORMABLE MODELS; MEDIAN FILTERING; PROSTATE ULTRASOUND IMAGES; SNAKES MODEL;

ULTRASONICS;

EID: 7644221239     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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