Title :
Ventricular contour detection for 2D echocardiography imaging
Author :
Lamberti, Claudio ; Benfenati, Granito
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron., Inf. & Syst., Bologna Univ., Italy
Abstract :
Digital processing techniques are presented for ventricular contour detection on 2-D echocardiographic images. The detection is performed by a specialized algorithm based on tracking techniques. Frame grabbing and image processing are discussed
Keywords :
acoustic imaging; biomedical ultrasonics; cardiology; computerised picture processing; medical diagnostic computing; patient diagnosis; 2D echocardiography imaging; digital processing techniques; frame grabbing; image processing; medical diagnostic imaging; tracking techniques based algorithm; ventricular contour detection; Cardiology; Costs; Echocardiography; Electrocardiography; Image analysis; Image edge detection; Image processing; Low pass filters; Medical diagnosis; Pixel;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1989. Images of the Twenty-First Century., Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1989.95801
