Knowledge-based endosonographic images processing

Author

Pipelier, F. ; Solaiman, Basel ; Roux, C. ; Robaszkiewicz, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. Image et Traitement de l´´Inf., Telecom Bretagne, Brest, France

Volume

1

fYear

1995

fDate

20-25 Sep 1995

Firstpage

609

Abstract

Endosonographic imaging is an emerging technology principally used by medical experts in visualising different layers of the esophageal wall as well as in studying esophageal carcinoma. In this paper, a new approach based on the prior knowledge modelling used in order to determine the inner and outer esophageal walls is developed. Prior knowledge mainly concerns the esophagus anatomy as well as the acquisition system description

Keywords

biomedical ultrasonics; knowledge based systems; medical image processing; acquisition system description; emerging technology; esophageal carcinoma; esophageal wall layers visualization; esophagus anatomy; inner esophageal walls; knowledge-based endosonographic images processing; medical diagnostic imaging; medical experts; outer esophageal walls; prior knowledge modelling; Anatomy; Biomedical imaging; Endoscopes; Esophagus; High-resolution imaging; Image processing; Lymph nodes; Telecommunications; Ultrasonic imaging; Visualization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1995., IEEE 17th Annual Conference

Conference_Location

Montreal, Que.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2475-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1995.575274

Filename

575274