Automatic segmentation of carotid B-mode images using fuzzy classification

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 533-545

  Rocha, Rui ^a,b   Silva, Jorge ^a,c   Campilho, Aurélio ^a,c  

^a INEB INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA BIOMÉDICA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DO PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Carotid; Dynamic programming; Fuzzy edge detection; Image segmentation; Ultrasound image

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC DETECTION; AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATIONS; B-MODE IMAGES; BEST VALUE; CAROTID; CLINICAL PRACTICES; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION; EDGE DETECTORS; ERROR COEFFICIENT; FUZZY CLASSIFICATION; FUZZY EDGE DETECTION; INTENSITY GRADIENTS; INTENSITY PROFILES; INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; LOW-PASS FILTERING; NEAR-WALL; REALTIME PROCESSING; SHORT PROCESSING TIME; ULTRASOUND IMAGES; USER INTERACTION;

DETECTORS; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; EDGE DETECTION; FUZZY SYSTEMS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84862238095     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-012-0883-y     Document Type: Article

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