Fetal cranial segmentation in 2D ultrasound images using shape properties of pixel clusters

Proceedings - International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 720-723

  Namburete, Ana I L ^a   Noble, J Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cranium; Fetus; Random forests; Skull; Superpixels; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; FETUS; RANDOM FORESTS; SKULL; SUPERPIXELS; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

DECISION TREES; MEDICAL IMAGING; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PIXELS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 84881649703     PISSN: 19457928     EISSN: 19458452     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISBI.2013.6556576     Document Type: Conference Paper

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