Automatic tracking of aponeuroses and estimation of muscle thickness in ultrasonography: A feasibility study

IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1031-1038

  Ling, Shan ^a,b   Zhou, Yongjin ^a,c   Chen, Ye ^a,d   Zhao, Yu Qian ^b   Wang, Lei ^a   Zheng, Yong Ping ^d  

^a SHENZHEN INSTITUTES OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d NANCHANG HANGKONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Active contour; Free form deformation tracking; Image registration; Muscle thickness; Sonomyography (SMG); Ultrasound imaging ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

IMAGE REGISTRATION; SERVOMECHANISMS; SONOCHEMISTRY; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ACTIVE CONTOURS; FREE-FORM DEFORMATION; MUSCLE THICKNESS; SONOMYOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADULT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MUSCLES;

EID: 84885134800     PISSN: 21682194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JBHI.2013.2253787     Document Type: Article

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