Semi-automatic algorithm for construction of the left ventricular area variation curve over a complete cardiac cycle

BioMedical Engineering Online

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages

  MeloJúnior, Salvador A ^a   Macchiavello, Bruno ^a   Andrade, Marcelino M ^a   Carvalho, João L A ^a   Carvalho, Hervaldo S ^a   Vasconcelos, Daniel F ^a   Berger, Pedro A ^a   da Rocha, Adson F ^a   Nascimento, Francisco A O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE METHODS; AUTOMATIC CONSTRUCTION; AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATIONS; CARDIAC CYCLES; CARDIAC STRUCTURE; CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL PARAMETERS; DE-NOISING; DYNAMIC IMAGES; EDGE ENHANCEMENTS; HOMOTOPY MODIFICATION; IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; LEFT VENTRICLES; LEFT VENTRICULAR; MANUAL SEGMENTATION; MITRAL VALVES; MORPHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS; MYOCARDIAL FUNCTION; SEMI-AUTOMATIC ALGORITHMS; SEMI-AUTOMATICS; SINGLE USERS; TIME AVERAGING; VIDEO SEQUENCES; WATERSHED SEGMENTATION;

ALGORITHMS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EDGE DETECTION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 76749137170     PISSN: 1475925X     EISSN: 1475925X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-925X-9-5     Document Type: Article

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