Improved segmentation of echocardiographic images using fusion of images from different cardiac cycles

Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 511-514

  Amorim, Junier Caminha ^a   Dos Reis, Maria Do Carmo ^a   De Carvalho, João Luiz Azevedo ^a   Da Rocha, Adson Ferreira ^a   Camapum, Juliana Fernandes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

CARDIAC CYCLES; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC IMAGES; LEFT VENTRICLES; LEFT VENTRICULAR; LONG AXIS; SEQUENCE OF IMAGES; WATERSHED TRANSFORMATIONS;

IMAGE FUSION;

EID: 77950968481     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5333101     Document Type: Conference Paper

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