Use of the ∇2g operator in automated border extraction in echocardiographic images

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 914, Issue , 1988, Pages 751-759

  Seit, Andrew ^b   Tsui, Kenneth ^a   Nickolls, Peter ^a   Hunyor, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART;

AUTOMATED TECHNIQUES; BORDER EXTRACTION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC IMAGES; HEART WALL MOTION; LAPLACIAN-OF-GAUSSIAN OPERATORS; MANUAL TRACING; ZERO-CROSSINGS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 84910809030     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.968709     Document Type: Conference Paper

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