Three-dimensional ultrasound of carotid atherosclerosis: Semiautomated segmentation using a level set-based method

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2479-2493

  Ukwatta, E ^a   Awad, J ^a   Ward, A D ^a   Buchanan, D ^a   Samarabandu, J ^b   Parraga, G ^a   Fenster, A ^a  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

3D carotid ultrasound; active contours; carotid segmentation; level sets; vessel wall volume

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; ULTRASONICS;

ACTIVE CONTOURS; CAROTID ULTRASOUNDS; COEFFICIENTS OF VARIATIONS; LEVEL SET; MEAN ABSOLUTE DISTANCE; SEMI-AUTOMATED SEGMENTATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ULTRASOUND; VESSEL WALLS;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 79959565149     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3574887     Document Type: Article

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