Automatic detection of the carotid lumen axis in B-mode ultrasound images

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 110-118

  Rocha, Rui ^a,b   Silva, Jorge ^a,c   Campilho, Aurélio ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DO PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Carotid; Classification; Dynamic programming; Image segmentation; Lumen axis; Ultrasound image

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

AUTOMATIC DETECTION; B-MODE ULTRASOUND IMAGES; CAROTID; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; LINEAR DISCRIMINANT CLASSIFIER; LUMEN AXIS; REALTIME PROCESSING; ULTRASOUND IMAGES;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ALGORITHM; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOMATION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOMATION; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR MODELS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84901272144     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: 18727565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2014.04.004     Document Type: Article

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