Fast-marching segmentation of three-dimensional intravascular ultrasound images: A pre- and post-intervention study

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3633-3647

  Cardinal, Marie H́l̀ne Roy ^a,b   Soulez, Gilles ^a,b   Tardif, Jean Claude ^b,c   Meunier, Jean ^b   Cloutier, Guy ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

3D imaging; fast marching segmentation; gray level probability density function; IVUS; pre and post intervention data

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; BLOOD VESSELS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

3D IMAGING; FAST-MARCHING SEGMENTATION; GRAY-LEVEL; IVUS; POST INTERVENTIONS;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; PROBABILITY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME;

ELASTICITY; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 77954710181     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3438476     Document Type: Article

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