Detection of the intima and media walls of the carotid artery with geodesic active contours

Proceedings - International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 2213-2216

  Bastida Jumilla, M C ^a   Morales Sanchez J ^a   Verdu Monedero R ^a   Larrey Ruiz, J ^a   Sancho Gomez J L ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Active contours; Carotid artery; Intima media thickness; Segmentation; Ultrasound image

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CONTOURS; CAROTID ARTERY; INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; SEGMENTATION; ULTRASOUND IMAGES;

GEODESY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 78651075275     PISSN: 15224880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICIP.2010.5652719     Document Type: Conference Paper

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