Automatic segmentation of carotid B-mode images using fuzzy classification.

This paper presents a new method for the automatic segmentation of the common carotid artery in B-mode images. This method uses the instantaneous coefficient of variation edge detector, fuzzy classification of edges and dynamic programming. Several discriminating features of the intima and adventiti...

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Published in:Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing Vol. 50; no. 5; pp. 533 - 546
Main Authors: Rocha R, Silva J, Campilho A, Rocha, Rui, Silva, Jorge, Campilho, Aurélio
Format: research Journal Article
Published: Springer Nature May2012
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