A new gradient-based algorithm for edge detection in ultrasonic carotid artery images

2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'10

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 5165-5168

  Mahmoud, Ahmed ^a   Morsy, Ahmed ^a   De Groot, Eric ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED APPROACH; B-MODE ULTRASOUND IMAGES; CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; EDGE DETECTION METHODS; FEMORAL ARTERY; GRADIENT BASED ALGORITHM; INTENSITY GRADIENTS; INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; MANUAL TRACING; MULTI-STEP; NOVEL ALGORITHM; SEED POINT; SEMI-AUTOMATED;

ALGORITHMS; DISEASES; GRADIENT METHODS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

EDGE DETECTION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTIMA; METHODOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TUNICA MEDIA;

ALGORITHMS; CAROTID ARTERIES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 78650830866     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5626128     Document Type: Conference Paper

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