Segmentation and tracking of inferior vena cava in ultrasound images using a novel polar active contour algorithm.
Ebrahim KaramiMohamed S. ShehataAndrew J. SmithPublished in: GlobalSIP (2017)
Keyphrases
- active contour segmentation
- ultrasound images
- active contours
- energy function
- segmentation method
- level set
- image segmentation
- segmentation algorithm
- motion segmentation
- speckle reduction
- speckle noise
- snake model
- shape prior
- geometric active contours
- appearance model
- graph cuts
- object boundaries
- medical ultrasound
- edge detection
- image enhancement
- active contour model
- image gradient
- image segmentation algorithm
- particle filter
- ultrasound imaging
- echocardiographic images