An evaluation of different optical flow techniques for myocardial motion analysis in B-mode echocardiography images

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 21 IFMBE, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 506-510

  Tavakoli, Vahid ^a   Sahba, N ^b   Ahmadian, A ^c   Alirezaie, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

B mode echocardiography; dyskinesia; myocardial motion estimation; optical flow; speckle tracking

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MOTION TRACKING; OPTICAL FLOWS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

CARDIAC MOTION ESTIMATION; DYSKINESIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IMAGES; MYOCARDIAL MOTION; MYOCARDIAL MOTION ANALYSIS; OPTICAL FLOW METHODS; OPTICAL FLOW TECHNIQUES; SPECKLE TRACKING;

MOTION ESTIMATION;

EID: 78349256997     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-69139-6_127     Document Type: Conference Paper

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