Automatic ROI segmentation in B-mode ultrasound image for liver fibrosis classification

Proceedings - 2013 International Symposium on Biometrics and Security Technologies, ISBAST 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 10-13

  Lu, Nan Han ^a   Kuo, Chung Ming ^a   Ding, Hueisch Jy ^a  

^a I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

liver fibrosis; segmentation; texture; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

B-MODE ULTRASOUND IMAGES; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY; HUMAN INTERACTIONS; LARGE STRUCTURES; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; ULTRASOUND IMAGES;

BIOMETRICS; HEALTH RISKS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; SECURITY OF DATA; TEXTURES; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 84885970766     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISBAST.2013.4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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