Automatic detection of the intimal and the adventitial layers of the common carotid artery wall in ultrasound B-mode images using snakes

Proceedings - International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing, ICIAP 1999

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 452-457

  Cheng, Da Chuan ^a   Schmidt Trucksäss, Arno ^b   Cheng, Kuo Sheng ^a   Sandrock, Markus ^b   Pu, Qin ^b   Burkhardt, Hans ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST FUNCTIONS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

AUTOMATIC DETECTION; AUTOMATIC SYSTEMS; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; EXTERNAL FORCE; OPTIMAL SHAPE; OSCILLATING PROBLEMS; ULTRASOUND B MODES; ZIPLOCK SNAKE;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84890396989     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICIAP.1999.797637     Document Type: Conference Paper

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