Automatic segmentation of the carotid artery in ultrasound B-mode images

B-mode ultrasound imaging is well-known and used in the medical imaging field; however, it presents various difficulties, specifically in tasks of image segmentation and surface reconstruction, due to intrinsic adverse characteristics, such like low contrast and noise [1,2]. Despite this, B-mode ult...

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Main Author: André M. F. Santos (author)
Other Authors: João Manuel R. S. Tavares (author), Elsa Azevedo (author), Luísa Sousa (author)
Format: book
Language:eng
Published: 2013
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10216/67098
Country:Portugal
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