Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 9 , Pages 1475-1487 , September 2009

Bone Surface Localization in Ultrasound Using Image Phase-Based Features

  • Ilker Hacihaliloglu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • ,
  • Rafeef Abugharbieh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Dr. Rafeef Abugharbieh, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2332 Main Mall, UBC, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada.
    • ,
  • Antony J. Hodgson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • ,
  • Robert N. Rohling

      Affiliations

    • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Received 31 March 2008 ,Revised 1 April 2009 ,Accepted 18 April 2009.

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PII: S0301-5629(09)00177-X

doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.04.015

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 9 , Pages 1475-1487 , September 2009

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