Image analysis – Applications – Biomedical applications
Patent
1991-07-01
1995-10-10
Boudreau, Leo H.
Image analysis
Applications
Biomedical applications
382257, 382266, 382172, G06K 900
Patent
active
054577543
ABSTRACT:
An improved method is provided for extracting the edge boundary of an object presented as an ultrasound video image, in particular the edge boundary of the LV of the heart, which includes preprocessing algorithms, contour extraction algorithms and knowledge based contour following algorithms.
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Han Chia Y.
Lin Kwun-Nan
Porembka David T.
Anderson David R.
Boudreau Leo H.
University of Cincinnati
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