Automatic Intima-Lumen detection in Cardiovascular Ultrasound.

The main goal in this thesis has been to develop an algorithm that robustly identifies the Carotid artery wall boundaries throughout a heart cycle in an ultrasound image. An existing automatic vessel detection algorithm (AVDA) uses tissue velocity imaging(TVI) and B-mode data to score candidate poin...

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Main Author: Edvardsen, Kristin Holm
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for elektronikk og telekommunikasjon 2006
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-9463