Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 11 , Pages 1720-1726 , November 2007

Automated Detection of a Blood Pool in Ultrasound Images of Abdominal Trauma

  • Vladimir Zagrodsky

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Lerner Research Institute, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
    • ,
  • Michael Phelan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
    • ,
  • Raj Shekhar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Raj Shekhar, Ph.D., Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 22 S. Greene Street, Baltimore, MD 21201.

Received 14 December 2006 ,Revised 25 April 2007 ,Accepted 18 May 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.05.014

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 11 , Pages 1720-1726 , November 2007

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