Ultrasound B-scan image simulation, segmentation, and analysis of the equine tendon

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1038-1046

  Meghoufel, Ali ^a,b   Cloutier, Guy ^a,c   Crevier Denoix, Nathalie ^d   De Guise, Jacques A ^a,b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

Author keywords

2D 3D internal structures; B scan images; Equine tendon; Segmentation; Simulation; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; FIBERS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; STATISTICAL METHODS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

B-SCAN IMAGES; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGICAL OPERATOR; QUANTITATIVE RESULT; SIMULATION; STRUCTURAL CONTENT; ULTRASOUND B-SCAN; ULTRASOUND REFLECTIONS;

TENDONS;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 77749292433     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3292633     Document Type: Article

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