Diameter measurement of vascular structures in ultrasound video sequences

Informatik aktuell

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 165-170

  Bremser, Matthias ^a,b   Mittag, Uwe ^b   Weber, Tobias ^b   Rittweger, Jorn ^b   Herpers, Rainer ^a,c,d  

^a Bonn Rhine Sieg University of Applied Sciences   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

DIAMETER MEASUREMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; REPRODUCIBILITIES; ULTRASOUND IMAGES; ULTRASOUND VIDEOS; VASCULAR STRUCTURES; VESSEL STRUCTURE;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 84884482368     PISSN: 1431472X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-28502-8_30     Document Type: Conference Paper

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