Assessing tumour vascularity with 3D contrast-enhanced ultrasound: A new semi-automated segmentation framework

2010 7th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, ISBI 2010 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 300-303

  Gasnier, A ^a,b   Ardon, R ^a   Ciofolo Veit, C ^a   Leen, E ^b   Correas, J M ^c  

^a PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

3D contrast enhanced ultrasound; Tumour vascularity segmentation

Indexed keywords

ANTI-ANGIOGENIC THERAPY; AUTOMATIC DETECTION; CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASOUND; IMPLICIT REPRESENTATION; INTERACTIVE SEGMENTATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RENAL CELL; SEMI-AUTOMATED; SEMI-AUTOMATED SEGMENTATION;

MEDICAL IMAGING; TUMORS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 77955226085     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISBI.2010.5490351     Document Type: Conference Paper

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