Ultrasound image segmentation: a survey

JA Noble, D Boukerroui - IEEE Transactions on medical …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper reviews ultrasound segmentation methods, in a broad sense, focusing on
techniques developed for medical B-mode ultrasound images. First, we present a review of …

Automated localization and segmentation techniques for B-mode ultrasound images: A review

KM Meiburger, UR Acharya, F Molinari - Computers in biology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
B-mode ultrasound imaging is used extensively in medicine. Hence, there is a need to have
efficient segmentation tools to aid in computer-aided diagnosis, image-guided interventions …

Three-dimensional ultrasound imaging

RW Prager, UZ Ijaz, AH Gee… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
This review is about the development of three-dimensional (3D) ultrasonic medical imaging,
how it works, and where its future lies. It assumes knowledge of two-dimensional (2D) …

Ultrasound image segmentation and tissue characterization

JA Noble - Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Ultrasound image segmentation deals with delineating the boundaries of structures, as a
step towards semi-automated or fully automated measurement of dimensions or for …

System and method for vascular border detection

JD Klingensmith, A Nair, BD Kuban… - US Patent 7,215,802, 2007 - Google Patents
The present invention relates to vascular images, or more particularly, to a system and
method of using the frequency spectrum of a radio frequency (RF) signal backscattered from …

Ultrasound wavelet spectra enable direct tissue recognition and full-color visualization

Z Xie, M Fan, N Ji, Z Ji, L Xu, J Ma - Ultrasonics, 2024 - Elsevier
Traditional brightness-mode ultrasound imaging is primarily constrained by the low
specificity among tissues and the inconsistency among sonographers. The major cause is …

A level set framework with a shape and motion prior for segmentation and region tracking in echocardiography

I Dydenko, F Jamal, O Bernard, J D'hooge… - Medical image …, 2006 - Elsevier
We describe a level set formulation using both shape and motion prior, for both
segmentation and region tracking in high frame rate echocardiographic image sequences …

Preoperative prediction of microvascular invasion of hepatocellular carcinoma: radiomics algorithm based on ultrasound original radio frequency signals

Y Dong, QM Wang, Q Li, LY Li, Q Zhang, Z Yao… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Background: To evaluate the accuracy of radiomics algorithm based on original radio
frequency (ORF) signals for prospective prediction of microvascular invasion (MVI) in …

A parametric imaging approach for the segmentation of ultrasound data

F Davignon, JF Deprez, O Basset - Ultrasonics, 2005 - Elsevier
When an ultrasonic examination is performed, a segmentation tool would often be very
useful, either for the detection of pathologies, the early diagnosis of cancer or the follow-up …

Automatic measurement of human subcutaneous fat with ultrasound

J Ng, R Rohling, PD Lawrence - IEEE transactions on …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents an approach to measure human subcutaneous fat thickness
automatically using ultrasound radio frequency (RF) signals. We propose using spatially …