Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 2 , Pages 256-265 , February 2009

Region-Based Endocardium Tracking on Real-Time Three-Dimensional Ultrasound

  • Qi Duan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Qi Duan, ET351, 1210 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY, 10025
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  • Elsa D. Angelini

      Affiliations

    • Department of Image and Signal Processing, Institut Telecom, Telecom ParisTech, Paris, France
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  • Susan L. Herz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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  • Christopher M. Ingrassia

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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  • Kevin D. Costa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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  • Jeffrey W. Holmes

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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  • Shunichi Homma

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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  • Andrew F. Laine

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

Received 2 October 2007 ,Revised 30 July 2008 ,Accepted 14 August 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.08.012

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 2 , Pages 256-265 , February 2009

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