Carvalho, D.D.B. (author), Klein, S. (author), Akkus, Z. (author), Ten Kate, G.L. (author), Schinkel, A.F.L. (author), Bosch, J.G. (author), Van der Lugt, A. (author), Niessen, W.J. (author) Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a methodology to estimate the carotid artery lumen centerlines in ultrasound (US) images obtained in a free-hand examination. Challenging aspects here are speckle noise in US images, artifacts, and the lack of contrast in the direction orthogonal to the US beam direction. Method An algorithm based...
journal article 2011
