Robust vessel detection and segmentation in ultrasound images by a data-driven approach.
Ping GuoQiang WangXiaotao WangZhihui HaoKuanhong XuHaibing RenJung-Bae KimYoungkyoo HwangPublished in: Medical Imaging: Image Processing (2014)
Keyphrases
- ultrasound images
- medical ultrasound
- vessel detection
- echocardiographic images
- active contour segmentation
- ultrasound imaging
- carotid artery
- speckle noise
- edge detection
- blood vessels
- ultrasound image segmentation
- speckle reduction
- image segmentation
- retinal images
- active contours
- level set
- multiscale
- region growing
- segmentation algorithm
- image guidance
- medical images
- ultrasound probe
- shape prior
- fully automated
- fully automatic
- image sequences