Segmentation of the Common Carotid Intima-Media Complex in Ultrasound Images Using Active Contours.
Styliani PetroudiChristos P. LoizouMarios PantziarisConstantinos S. PattichisPublished in: IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng. (2012)
Keyphrases
- ultrasound images
- active contour segmentation
- carotid artery
- active contours
- echocardiographic images
- speckle noise
- medical ultrasound
- level set
- ultrasound imaging
- deformable models
- shape prior
- object boundaries
- edge detection
- image segmentation
- speckle reduction
- external force
- level set method
- gradient vector flow
- force field
- active contour model
- segmentation method
- segmentation result
- magnetic resonance imaging
- geometric active contours
- fully automated