A semi-automated technique for internal jugular vein segmentation in ultrasound images using active contours.
Ebrahim KaramiMohamed S. ShehataPeter F. McGuireAndrew J. SmithPublished in: BHI (2016)
Keyphrases
- active contour segmentation
- semi automated
- ultrasound images
- active contours
- carotid artery
- level set
- fully automated
- image segmentation
- segmentation method
- shape prior
- active contour model
- ultrasound imaging
- speckle noise
- medical ultrasound
- object boundaries
- echocardiographic images
- geodesic active contours
- gradient vector flow
- energy function
- texture image segmentation
- cardiac ultrasound images
- speckle reduction
- energy functional
- edge detection
- curve evolution
- region based active contours
- multiscale
- fully automatic
- x ray
- image processing