Estimating 3D lumen centerlines of carotid arteries in free-hand acquisition ultrasound.
Diego D. B. CarvalhoStefan KleinZeynettin AkkusGerrit L. ten KateArend F. L. SchinkelJohan G. BoschAad van der LugtWiro J. NiessenPublished in: Int. J. Comput. Assist. Radiol. Surg. (2012)
Keyphrases
- carotid artery
- tubular structures
- ultrasound images
- deformable models
- healthy volunteers
- fully automated
- region growing
- manual segmentation
- magnetic resonance imaging
- vessel wall
- contrast enhanced
- active shape model
- automatic segmentation
- speckle noise
- coronary artery
- edge detection
- image processing
- image analysis
- multiscale
- image segmentation