Segmentation and artifact removal in microwave-induced thermoacoustic imaging

2014 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 4747-4750

  Nan, Hao ^a   Chou, Tzu Chieh ^b   Arbabian, Amin ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC EXCITATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; THERMOACOUSTICS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ARTIFACT REMOVAL; DIELECTRIC CONTRASTS; HIGH RESOLUTION; MICROWAVE EXCITATIONS; MICROWAVE-INDUCED; SEGMENTATION TECHNIQUES; THERMOACOUSTIC IMAGING; TIME FREQUENCY FEATURES;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTIFACT; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INJURY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROWAVES; WAVELET ANALYSIS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84929497658     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2014.6944685     Document Type: Conference Paper

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