A novel automatic algorithm for the segmentation of the lumen of the carotid artery in ultrasound B-mode images

A novel algorithm is proposed for the segmentation of the lumen and bifurcation boundaries of the carotid artery in B-mode ultrasound images. It uses the image contrast characteristics of the lumen and bifurcation of the carotid artery in relation to other tissues and structures for their identifica...

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Autor principal: André Miguel F. Santos (author)
Outros Autores: Rosa Maria dos Santos (author), Pedro Miguel A. C. Castro (author), Elsa Azevedo (author), Luísa Sousa (author), João Manuel R. S. Tavares (author)
Formato: article
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2013
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Texto completo:https://hdl.handle.net/10216/95079
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio-aberto.up.pt:10216/95079